Molecular characterization of the cloacal microbiota of wild and captive parrots

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 320-325

  Xenoulis, Panagiotis G ^a   Gray, Patricia L ^a   Brightsmith, Donald ^a   Palculict, Blake ^a   Hoppes, Sharman ^a   Steiner, Jörg M ^a   Tizard, Ian ^a   Suchodolski, Jan S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Macaw; Microbiota; Parrot; PCR; Psittaciformes

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARROT; PROTEOBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLOACA; DNA, BACTERIAL; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARROTS; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; OTUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

EID: 78650308185     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.05.024     Document Type: Article

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