Development of the gut microbiota in southern indian infants from birth to 6 months: A molecular analysis

Journal of Nutritional Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Kabeerdoss, Jayakanthan ^a   Ferdous, Shama ^a   Balamurugan, Ramadass ^a   Mechenro, John ^a   Vidya, R ^a   Santhanam, Sridhar ^a   Jana, Atanu K ^a   Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Bacteroides Prevotella; Bifidobacterium; Clostridium; Faeces; Lactobacillus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922178238     PISSN: 20486790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jns.2013.6     Document Type: Article

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