Characterization and quantification of feline fecal microbiota using cpn60 sequence-based methods and investigation of animal-to-animal variation in microbial population structure

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 120-128

  Desai, Atul R ^a   Musil, Kristyna M ^a   Carr, Anthony P ^a   Hill, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaperonin 60; Companion animals; Domestic cat; Intestinal microbiota; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CAT; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FIRMICUTES; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATS; CHAPERONIN 60; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FIRMICUTES;

EID: 67349174279     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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