Abundance and short-term temporal variability of fecal microbiota in healthy dogs

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-347

  Garcia Mazcorro, Jose F ^a   Dowd, Scot E ^b   Poulsen, Jeffrey ^a   Steiner, Jörg M ^a   Suchodolski, Jan S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Molecular Research LP MR DNA   (United States)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Fecal microbiota; FISH; Variability

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER MODEL; DOG; FAECALIBACTERIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SUBDOLIGRANULUM; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

EID: 84871593255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.36     Document Type: Article

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