The rebirth of culture in microbiology through the example of culturomics to study human gut microbiota.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Rev on January 01, 2015

Authors

Jean-Christophe Lagier1, Perrine Hugon1, Saber Khelaifia1, Pierre-Edouard Fournier1, Bernard La Scola1, Didier Raoult2

Author Affiliations

1: Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Marseille, France.
2: Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Marseille, France didier.raoult@gmail.com.

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