High Prevalence of Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae Detected in the Human Gut Using an Improved DNA Detection Protocol

Bédis Dridi; Mireille Henry; Amel El Khéchine; Didier Raoult; Michel Drancourt

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007063

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High Prevalence of Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae Detected in the Human Gut Using an Improved DNA Detection Protocol

Bédis Dridi,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes UMR CNRS 6236 IRD 3R198, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée and Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Mireille Henry,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes UMR CNRS 6236 IRD 3R198, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée and Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Amel El Khéchine,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes UMR CNRS 6236 IRD 3R198, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée and Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Didier Raoult,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes UMR CNRS 6236 IRD 3R198, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée and Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Michel Drancourt

* E-mail: Michel.Drancourt@univmed.fr

Affiliation Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes UMR CNRS 6236 IRD 3R198, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée and Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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High Prevalence of Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae Detected in the Human Gut Using an Improved DNA Detection Protocol

Bédis Dridi,
Mireille Henry,
Amel El Khéchine,
Didier Raoult,
Michel Drancourt

Published: September 17, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007063

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Ct values?

Posted by hansene on 18 Sep 2009 at 22:32 GMT

Ct values
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0007063#article1.body1.sec5.supplementary-material1.caption1.p1

I did not see the Ct values in this supplementary table. There are copy number values, but I couldn't find information about Cts, the standard curve, or how copy numbers were calculated. Could these be added? thanks!

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High Prevalence of Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae Detected in the Human Gut Using an Improved DNA Detection Protocol

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Ct values?

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