Temporal dynamics of the cecal gut microbiota of juvenile arctic ground squirrels: A strong litter effect across the first active season

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 4260-4268

  Stevenson, Timothy J ^a   Buck, C Loren ^a   Duddleston, Khrystyne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROORGANISMS;

454-PYROSEQUENCING; BACTERIAL DENSITY; MATERNAL INFLUENCES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLAR PROPORTIONS; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

CHAINS;

BACTERIUM; FATTY ACID; HIBERNATION; JUVENILE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RODENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEANING;

ARCTIC;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CECUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HIBERNATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CECUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIBERNATION; MICROBIOTA; REPRODUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84903205381     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00737-14     Document Type: Article

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