Characterizing the avian gut microbiota: Membership, driving influences, and potential function

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Waite, David W ^a   Taylor, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Avian; Bacteria; Bird; Meta analysis; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE LIBRARY; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LEUCONOSTOCACEAE; META ANALYSIS; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84905018877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00223     Document Type: Article

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