Molecular profiling of bacterial species in the rabbit caecum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-115

  Abecia, Leticia ^a,b   Fondevila, Manuel ^a   Balcells, Joaquim ^a   Edwards, Joan E ^c   Newbold, C James ^d   McEwan, Neil R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Caecum; Phylogenetic analysis; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 13844318674     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.01.028     Document Type: Article

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