Avian incubation inhibits growth and diversification of bacterial assemblages on eggs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Shawkey, Matthew D ^a,c   Firestone, Mary K ^a,b   Brodie, Eoin L ^b   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SHELL; FOWL; GENE PROBE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYPOTHESIS; INCUBATION; INFECTION RISK; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVIPARITY; RISK REDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84887212589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004522     Document Type: Article

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