| Literature DB >> 25463385 |
Lesley Hoyles1, Anne L McCartney2, Horst Neve3, Glenn R Gibson4, Jeremy D Sanderson5, Knut J Heller6, Douwe van Sinderen7.
Abstract
This work represents an investigation into the presence, abundance and diversity of virus-like particles (VLPs) associated with human faecal and caecal samples. Various methodologies for the recovery of VLPs from faeces were tested and optimized, including successful down-stream processing of such samples for the purpose of an in-depth electron microscopic analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and efficient DNA recovery. The applicability of the developed VLP characterization method beyond the use of faecal samples was then verified using samples obtained from human caecal fluid.Entities:
Keywords: Bacteriophages; Caecum; Faeces; Gastrointestinal tract; Microbial ecology; Transmission electron microscopy
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25463385 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2014.10.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Res Microbiol ISSN: 0923-2508 Impact factor: 3.992