Biodiversity and fermentative activity of caecal microbial communities in wild and farm rabbits from Spain

Anaerobe

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 344-349

  Abecia, L ^a,b   Rodriguez Romero N ^a   Yanez Ruiz D R ^b   Fondevila, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caecum; Farm rabbits; Fermentation; Microbial diversity; Wild rabbits

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIETARY FIBER; DNA EXTRACTION; FARM ANIMAL; FERMENTATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SPAIN; WILD ANIMAL;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CECUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84861895061     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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