Direct Analysis of Genes Encoding 16S rRNA from Complex Communities Reveals Many Novel Molecular Species within the Human Gut

Suau, Antonia; Bonnet, Régis; Sutren, Malène; Godon, Jean‐Jacques; R. Gibson, Glenn; Collins, Matthew; Doré, Joël

doi:10.1128/aem.65.11.4799-4807.1999

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Direct Analysis of Genes Encoding 16S rRNA from Complex Communities Reveals Many Novel Molecular Species within the Human Gut

Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology • Nov 1, 1999

Authors:

Antonia Suau

Régis Bonnet

Malène Sutren

Abstract

The human intestinal tract harbors a complex microbial ecosystem which plays a key role in nutrition and health. Although this microbiota has been studied in great detail by culture techniques, microscopic counts on human feces suggest that 60 to 80% of the observable bacteria cannot be cultivated. ...

Subject

Biology

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Human feces

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