Ovine pedomics: The first study of the ovine foot 16S rRNA-based microbiome

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1426-1437

  Calvo Bado, Leo A ^a   Oakley, Brian B ^b   Dowd, Scot E ^c   Green, Laura E ^a   Medley, Graham F ^a   Ul Hassan, Atiya ^a   Bateman, Vicky ^a   Gaze, William ^a   Witcomb, Luci ^a   Grogono Thomas, Rose ^a   Kaler, Jasmeet ^a   Russell, Claire L ^a   Wellington, Elizabeth M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Research and Testing Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

footrot; microbiome; sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; BIOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SHEEP; SKIN DISORDER; TAXONOMY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATITIS; FOOT; FOOT ROT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DERMATITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOT; FOOT ROT; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SKIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FIRMICUTES; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 80052050623     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.25     Document Type: Article

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