Massive parallel 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing reveals highly diverse fecal bacterial and fungal communities in healthy dogs and cats

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-310

  Handl, Stefanie ^a,b   Dowd, Scot E ^c   Garcia Mazcorro, Jose F ^b   Steiner, Jörg M ^b   Suchodolski, Jan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research and Testing Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Canine; Fecal; Feline; Lactobacillus; Microbiota; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; FUNGAL RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CANID; FECES; FELID; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; FECES; FUNGUS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATS; DOGS; FECES; FUNGI; GENE LIBRARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; FELIDAE; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA; LACTOBACILLUS; OTUS; RUMINOCOCCUS; SACCHAROMYCES; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 79953786183     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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