The microbiome of the cloacal openings of the urogenital and anal tracts of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1535-1543

  Chhour, Kim Ly ^a,c   Hinds, Lyn A ^b   Deane, Elizabeth M ^a,d   Jacques, Nicholas A ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOACA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLOACA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MACROPODIDAE; MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 46249113590     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/014803-0     Document Type: Article

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