Investigation of the faecal microbiota of kittens: Monitoring bacterial succession and effect of diet

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-404

  Jia, Jie ^a   Frantz, Nolan ^b   Khoo, Christina ^b   Gibson, Glenn R ^a   Rastall, Robert A ^a   Mccartney, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Gastrointestinal; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DIET; FECAL PELLET; FELID; FLUORESCENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WEANING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CAT; CLOSTRIDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DIET; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CATS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DIET; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METAGENOME;

ACIDAMINOCOCCACEAE; ATOPOBIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIUM; DESULFOVIBRIONALES;

EID: 80054105372     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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