Diversity and habitat specificity of free-living protozoa in commercial poultry houses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1417-1426

  Baré, Julie ^a   Sabbe, Koen ^a   Van Wichelen, Jeroen ^a   Van Gremberghe, Ineke ^a   D'Hondt, Sofie ^a   Houf, Kurt ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO SECURITIES; CAMPYLOBACTER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENRICHMENT CULTURES; FOOD PATHOGENS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR METHODS; PHYLOTYPES; POULTRY HOUSE; TRANSMISSION ROUTES; WATER SAMPLES;

BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; HOUSES; METALLOGRAPHY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

PROTOZOA;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROKINESIS; GEL; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; POULTRY; PROTOZOAN; REARING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POULTRY; PROTOZOA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 61649101292     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02346-08     Document Type: Article

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