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Molecular microbiology of gut bacteria: genetic diversity and community structure analysis.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Jan 2003
Peterka M, Tepsic Katarina, Accetto T, Kostanjsek R, Ramsak Andreja, Lipoglavsek L, Avgustin G
Abstract excerpt
Recently developed molecular biology approaches make possible the detailed genetic, taxonomic and ecological examination of microorganisms from various habitats. Animal gut represents one of the most complex microbial ecosystems with a large degree of microbial biodiversity present. Bacteria inhabiting the gut usually play important roles in metabolic transformations of substrates and sometimes, e.g. in...
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