Microbiota of the chicken gastrointestinal tract: Influence on health, productivity and disease

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4301-4310

  Stanley, Dragana ^a,b,d   Hughes, Robert J ^c,d,e   Moore, Robert J ^b,d  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Chicken; Gut; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH; PATHOGENS; PRODUCTIVITY; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOTAS;

ANIMALS;

DNA 16S; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; GASTROENTERITIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; POULTRY;

AVIAN STOMACH; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTEROIDACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BINDING SITE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROP; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASES; DNA SEQUENCE; DUODENUM; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; FAECALIBACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HATCHING; HEALTH; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIOCOCCUS ACIDILACTICI; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA GALLINARUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER ABSORPTION; WELLBEING; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EFFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH; MICROBIOTA; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 84900834533     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5646-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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