Microbial communities in the tonsils of healthy pigs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 346-357

  Lowe, Beth A ^a   Marsh, Terence L ^a   Isaacs Cosgrove, Natasha ^a   Kirkwood, Roy N ^a   Kiupel, Matti ^a   Mulks, Martha H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA clone libraries; Microbial communities; Microbial ecology; Porcine tonsils

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; TONSIL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; METAGENOME; PALATINE TONSIL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SWINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; MAMMALIA; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78650579039     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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