The bacterial microbiota in the ceca of Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) differs between wild and captive birds

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 542-551

  Wienemann, Tobias ^a   Schmitt Wagner, Dirk ^b   Meuser, Katja ^a   Segelbacher, Gernot ^c   Schink, Bernhard ^d   Brune, Andreas ^a   Berthold, Peter ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Birds; Cecum; Detoxification; Diet; Gut microbiota

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIOSPIRILLUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CECUM; CLOSTRIDIALES; FECES; GALLIFORMES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INTESTINE FLORA; MEGASPHAERA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNERGISTETES; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIA; CECUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FECES; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIBOTYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIOSPIRILLUM; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIALES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MEGASPHAERA; SYNERGISTES; TETRAO UROGALLUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 80053966245     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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