A comparison of the microbiome and the metabolome of different regions of the equine hindgut

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 642-652

  Dougal, Kirsty ^a   Harris, Patricia A ^b   Edwards, Arwyn ^a   Pachebat, Justin A ^a   Blackmore, Tina M ^a   Worgan, Hilary J ^a   Newbold, C Jamie ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equine; Gut; Metabolome; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HORSE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH CONTENT; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CECUM; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CECUM; COLON; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FUNGI; HORSES; METABOLOME; METAGENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

ARCHAEA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84869875590     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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