Methods for characterizing microbial communities associated with the human body

The Human Microbiota: How Microbial Communities Affect Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 51-74

  Bassis, Christine ^a   Young, Vincent ^a   Schmidt, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivation independent techniques; DNA sequencing; Metabolic potential; Microbial communities; Phylogenetic markers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917726869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118409855.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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