In vitro alterations of intestinal bacterial microbiota in fecal samples during storage

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 237-245

  Ott, Stephan J ^a   Musfeldt, Meike ^a   Timmis, Kenneth N ^b   Hampe, Jochen ^a   Wenderoth, Dirk F ^b   Schreiber, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Bacterial growth; Enteric flora; Real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR); SSCP; Storage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EUBACTERIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9944245052     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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