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Mucosa-associated Faecalibacterium prausnitzii phylotype richness is reduced in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2015
Lopez-Siles Mireia, Martinez-Medina Margarita, Abellà Carles, Busquets David, Sabat-Mir Miriam, Duncan Sylvia H, Aldeguer Xavier, Flint Harry J, Garcia-Gil L Jesús
Abstract excerpt
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii depletion in intestinal diseases has been extensively reported, but little is known about intraspecies variability. This work aims to determine if subjects with gastrointestinal disease host mucosa-associated F. prausnitzii populations different from those hosted by healthy individuals. A new species-specific PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) method targeting the...
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