Identification of a Core Bacterial Community within the Large Intestine of the Horse

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Dougal, Kirsty ^a   de la Fuente, Gabriel ^a   Harris, Patricia A ^b   Girdwood, Susan E ^a   Pinloche, Eric ^a   Newbold, C Jamie ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDETES; CECUM; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; DNA EXTRACTION; ERYSIPELOTRICHACEAE; FECES; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FIBROBACTERACEAE; FIRMICUTES; HORSE; ILEUM; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLACEAE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; RECTUM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HORSES; ILEUM; INTESTINE, LARGE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84886260382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077660     Document Type: Article

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