Evaluation of broiler litter with reference to the microbial composition as assessed by using 16S rRNA and functional gene markers

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 901-908

  Lu, Jingrang ^a   Sanchez, Susan ^a   Hofacre, Charles ^a   Maurer, John J ^a   Harmon, Barry G ^a   Lee, Margie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOLOGY;

POULTRY LITTER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA 16S; NITROGEN; RNA 16S; SULFUR; TRIMETHOPRIM;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORDETELLA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM AMINOVALERICUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMMONIAGENES; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; CULTIVATED SPECIES; DEGRADATION; DENITROBACTER PERMANENS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GLOBICATELLA SULFIDOFACIENS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTEGRON; LACTOBACILLUS; LISTERIA; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MANURE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SALINOCOCCUS; SALMONELLA; SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WOOD; YERSINIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; MANURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM AMINOVALERICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMMONIAGENES; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; DENITROBACTER PERMANENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; GLOBICATELLA; GLOBICATELLA SULFIDIFACIENS; LACTOBACILLUS; LISTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; YERSINIA;

EID: 0037313188     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.901-908.2003     Document Type: Article

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