Development of a real-time PCR method for Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes in faeces and its application to quantify intestinal population of obese and lean pigs

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 367-373

  Guo, X ^a   Xia, X ^a   Tang, R ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Wang, K ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteroidetes; Firmicutes; Lean pigs; Obese pigs; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; GROUP-SPECIFIC PRIMERS; ITS APPLICATIONS; LEAN PIG; OBESE PIG; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR METHOD; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; RNA;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BODY MASS; FAT; FECES; OBESITY; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RNA; STARVATION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FIRMICUTES; INTESTINE FLORA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; SUIDAE;

EID: 54249110955     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02408.x     Document Type: Article

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