The microbial eukaryote Blastocystis is a prevalent and diverse member of the healthy human gut microbiota

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 326-330

  Scanlan, Pauline D ^a   Stensvold, Christen R ^b   Rajilić Stojanović, Mirjana ^c,d   Heilig, Hans G H J ^c   De Vos, Willem M ^c,e   O'Toole, Paul W ^f,g   Cotter, Paul D ^a,g  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Gut microbiota; Intestinal disease

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYSTIS; EUKARYOTA;

ADULT; BLASTOCYSTIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

ADULT; BLASTOCYSTIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84907868514     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12396     Document Type: Article

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