Introducing GUt Low-Density Array (GULDA) - a validated approach for qPCR-based intestinal microbial community analysis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-47

  Bergström, Anders ^a   Licht, Tine R ^a   Wilcks, Andrea ^a   Andersen, Jens B ^a   Schmidt, Line R ^a   Grønlund, Hugo A ^a   Vigsnæs, Louise K ^a   Michaelsen, Kim F ^b   Bahl, Martin I ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gut microbiology; LinRegPCR; Microbiota; QPCR

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EURYARCHAEOTA; FECES; FIRMICUTES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENUS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPECIES; TAXONOMY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOTA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EURYARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84869081555     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12004     Document Type: Article

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