Bringing the gut microbiota into focus through microbial culture: Recent progress and future perspective

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 625-629

  Allen Vercoe, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; HYDROLASE; MUCIN; NITROGEN; RNA 16S; VITAMIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTA; CELL SELECTION; CHEMOSTAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE VESSEL; FECES MICROFLORA; FIRMICUTES; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; VERRUCOMICROBIA; WASTE;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84887627512     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.09.008     Document Type: Review

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