Molecular monitoring and characterization of the faecal microbiota of healthy dogs during fructan supplementation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Vanhoutte, Tom ^a   Huys, Geert ^a   De Brandt, Evie ^a   Fahey Jr , George C ^b   Swings, Jean ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DGGE, Dogs; Faecal microbiota; Fructans; Streptococcus lutetiensis

Indexed keywords

FRUCTAN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUINUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; FRUCTANS; GENES, RRNA; INULIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES (CLASS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS LUTETIENSIS;

EID: 22144486537     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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