Bacterial Diversity in the Cecum of the World's Largest Living Rodent (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 719-725

  García Amado, M Alexandra ^a   Godoy Vitorino, Filipa ^b,c   Piceno, Yvette M ^d   Tom, Lauren M ^d   Andersen, Gary L ^d   Herrera, Emilio A ^e   Domínguez Bello, Maria G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CECUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIA; CECUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; METAGENOME; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; OTUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84864352363     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9963-z     Document Type: Article

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