Depth-dependent differences in community structure of the human colonic microbiota in health

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Lavelle, Aonghus ^a   Lennon, Grainne ^b   Docherty, Neil ^c   Balfe, Aine ^a   Mulcahy, Hugh E ^b   Doherty, Glen ^b   O'Donoghue, Diarmuid ^b   Hyland, John M ^b   Shanahan, Fergus ^e   Sheahan, Kieran ^b   Coffey, J Calvin ^d   Winter, Desmond C ^b   O'Connell, P Ronan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY BRUSH; BIOPSY FORCEPS; COLON BIOPSY; COLON FLORA; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84892396633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078835     Document Type: Article

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