Sequence-based analysis of the intestinal microbiota of sows and their offspring fed genetically modified maize expressing a truncated form of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab protein (Bt maize)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 7735-7744

  Buzoianu, Stefan G ^a,b   Walsh, Maria C ^a   Rea, Mary C ^c,d   Quigley, Lisa ^c,e   O'Sullivan, Orla ^c,d   Cotter, Paul D ^c,d   Paul Ross, R ^c,d   Gardiner, Gillian E ^b   Lawlor, Peadar G ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b Ireland   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING; ADVERSE EFFECT; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CRY1AB PROTEINS; DIETARY TREATMENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIOLOGY; PROTEINS; RNA;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS;

FOOD SECURITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PIG; PROTEIN; SOWING;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTA; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOTOXINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84888259553     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02937-13     Document Type: Article

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