Poultry digestive microflora biodiversity as indicated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1100-1107

  Hume, M E ^a   Kubena, L F ^a   Edrington, T S ^a   Donskey, C J ^b   Moore, R W ^a   Ricke, S C ^c   Nisbet, D J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Microflora; Poultry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CECUM; CHICKEN; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ILEUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JEJUNUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CECUM; CHICKENS; COLON; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0042236526     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.7.1100     Document Type: Article

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