Improved Detection of Bifidobacteria with Optimised 16S rRNA-Gene Based Pyrosequencing

• Kathleen Sim ,

  * E-mail: k.sim@imperial.ac.uk

  ¶These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom

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• Michael J. Cox ,

  ¶These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom

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• Harm Wopereis,

  Affiliation Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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• Rocio Martin,

  Affiliation Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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• Jan Knol,

  Affiliation Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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• Ming-Shi Li,

  Affiliation Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom

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• William O. C. M. Cookson,

  Affiliation Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom

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• Miriam F. Moffatt,

  Affiliation Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom

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• J. Simon Kroll

  Affiliation Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom

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