Characterization and comparison of the bacterial microbiota in different gastrointestinal tract compartments in horses

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-80

  Costa, M C ^a   Silva, G ^a   Ramos, R V ^a   Staempfli, H R ^a   Arroyo, L G ^a   Kim, P ^b   Weese, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Equine; Intestinal microbiota; Microbiome; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SENSU STRICTO; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORSE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SARCINA; STREPTOCOCCUS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

ACTINOBACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; EQUIDAE; FIRMICUTES; LACTOBACILLUS; SARCINA; STREPTOCOCCUS; VERRUCOMICROBIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA SUBDIVISION 5;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HORSES; MALE; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84937642680     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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