Equine stomachs harbor an abundant and diverse mucosal microbiota

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2522-2532

  Perkins, G A ^a   den Bakker, H C ^b   Burton, A J ^a   Erb, H N ^a   McDonough, S P ^a   McDonough, P L ^a   Parker, J ^a   Rosenthal, R L ^a   Wiedmann, M ^b   Dowd, S E ^c   Simpson, K W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^c Molecular Research LP MR DNA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; ANATOMIC REGIONS; FIRMICUTES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTRIC DISEASE; HELICOBACTER; LACTOBACILLUS SPP; MICROBIOTAS; PREVOTELLA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING;

BIOPSY; FISH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; RNA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE; HORSE; HYBRIDIZATION; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HORSE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STOMACH; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOPSY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HORSES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH;

ACTINOBACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; EQUIDAE; FIRMICUTES; HELICOBACTER SP.; LACTOBACILLUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SARCINA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84861139654     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06252-11     Document Type: Article

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