Method comparison for the direct enumeration of bacterial species using a chemostat model of the human colon

Abstract Background Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has a high recurrent infection rate. Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been used successfully to treat recurrent CDI, but much remains unknown about the human gut microbiota response to replacement therapies. In this study, antib...

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Main Authors: Ines B. Moura, Charmaine Normington, Duncan Ewin, Emma Clark, Mark H. Wilcox, Anthony M. Buckley, Caroline H. Chilton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
FMT
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1669-2