Higher Prevalence and Abundance of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in the Human Gut of Healthy Subjects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Iebba, Valerio ^a   Santangelo, Floriana ^a   Totino, Valentina ^a   Nicoletti, Mauro ^c   Gagliardi, Antonella ^a   De Biase, Riccardo Valerio ^b   Cucchiara, Salvatore ^b   Nencioni, Lucia ^a   Conte, Maria Pia ^a   Schippa, Serena ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DUODENUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; SCHOOL CHILD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

BDELLOVIBRIO; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; ILEUM; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; METAGENOME; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84876193651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061608     Document Type: Article

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