Survival in hostile territory: The microbiota of the stomach

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 736-761

  Yang, Ines ^a   Nell, Sandra ^a   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Microbiota; Microbiota analysis; Mucus; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTEROIDETES; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FIRMICUTES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; STOMACH; STOMACH MICROFLORA; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH MUCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROBIOTA; MICROBIOTA ANALYSIS; MUCUS; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; STOMACH;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LACTOBACILLUS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84881248575     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12027     Document Type: Review

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