Composition of bacterial assemblages in different components of reed warbler nests and a possible role of egg incubation in pathogen regulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Brandl, Hanja B ^a   Van Dongen, Wouter F D ^a,c   Darolova, Alzbeta ^b   Kristofik, Jan ^b   Majtan, Juraj ^b   Hoi, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BREEDING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; LONG DISTANCE MIGRANT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NESTING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REED WARBLER; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIRD DISEASE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OVUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ACROCEPHALUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIRD DISEASES; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84918547467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114861     Document Type: Article

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