Unique and shared responses of the gut microbiota to prolonged fasting: A comparative study across five classes of vertebrate hosts

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 883-894

  Kohl, Kevin D ^a   Amaya, James ^b   Passement, Celeste A ^b   Dearing, M Denise ^a   Mccue, Marshall D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food restriction; Host microbe interactions; Nutrient deprivation; Starvation

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANURA; CECUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; QUAIL; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CECUM; FASTING; LIZARDS; MICE; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; QUAIL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TILAPIA;

EID: 84914810569     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12442     Document Type: Article

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