Functional Intestinal Metagenomics

Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II: Metagenomics in Different Habitats

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 175-190

  van den Bogert, Bartholomeus ^a,b   Leimena, Milkha M ^a,b   de Vos, Willem M ^b,c   Zoetendal, Erwin G ^a,b   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Functional intestinal metagenomics; Human gastrointestinal microbiota; Metagenomics library screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886708920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118010549.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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