Colonization and succession within the human gut microbiome by archaea, bacteria, and microeukaryotes during the first year of life

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Wampach, Linda ^a   Heintz Buschart, Anna ^a   Hogan, Angela ^b   Muller, Emilie E L ^a   Narayanasamy, Shaman ^a   Laczny, Cedric C ^a   Hugerth, Luisa W ^c   Bindl, Lutz ^d   Bottu, Jean ^d   Andersson, Anders F ^c   de Beaufort, Carine ^a,d   Wilmes, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b INTEGRATED BIOBANK OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Amplicon sequencing; Delivery mode; Fungi; Infant gut microbiome; Microbial colonization; Quantitative real time PCR; Succession

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOME; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 85019737857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00738     Document Type: Article

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