Real-time PCR quantification of the predominant bacterial divisions in the distal gut of Meishan and Landrace pigs

Anaerobe

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 224-228

  Guo, Xiulan ^a   Xia, Xinjie ^a   Tang, Renyong ^a   Wang, Kangning ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteroidetes; Body fat; Firmicutes; Pig; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; BODY FAT; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRMICUTES; INTESTINE FLORA; LANDRACE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; MAMMALIA; MUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 50849127827     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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