Effects of genetically modified T2A-1 rice on faecal microflora of rats during 90 day supplementation

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2066-2072

  Yuan, Yanfang ^a   Xu, Wentao ^a,b   Luo, Yunbo ^a,b   Liu, Haiyan ^b   Lu, Jiao ^a,b   Su, Chunyuan ^b   Huang, Kunlun ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Faecal microflora; Genetically modified rice; Real time PCR; Safety assessment; Unintended effect

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PLANT SEED; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RICE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYPTOCHROMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; RATTUS;

EID: 79960106293     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4421     Document Type: Review

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