Bacterial and short-chain fatty acid profiling of faecal samples

• Main Author: Faujan, Nur Huda
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Fatty acids; Polymerase chain reaction; Feces - Analysis
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25962/2/FSTM%202011%2018R.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25962/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Human gastrointestinal tract consists of an extremely complex microbiota mainly the anaerobic organisms. Many studies have been done to investigate the human intestinal microbiota. The use of molecular techniques based on DNA for microbial studies is of interest due its reliability, rapid and sensit...