Effects of age and dietary fibre level on caecal microbial communities of conventional and specific pathogen-free rabbits

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-32

  Bennegadi, Nadia ^a   Fonty, Gérard ^a   Millet, Liliane ^a   Gidenne, Thierry ^a   Licois, Dominique ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Caecal flora; Enteropathy; Fibre deficiency; Microbial community balance; Oligonucleotide probes; Rabbit; Specific pathogen free

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GENE TARGETING; HEALTH STATUS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; EUKARYOTA; FIBROBACTER INTESTINALIS; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; FLEXIBACTER; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

EID: 0041694212     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600310015574     Document Type: Article

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