Faecal and caecal microbiota profiles of mice do not cluster in the same way

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-236

  Pang, Wanyong ^a   Vogensen, Finn Kvist ^b   Nielsen, Dennis Sandris ^b   Hansen, Axel Kornerup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denaturation gradient gel electrophoresis; Gut microbiota; Inter individual variation; Mice

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EUTHANASIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; INTESTINE FLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CECUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84865306386     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2012.011128     Document Type: Article

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