Variation in taxonomic composition of the fecal microbiota in an inbred mouse strain across individuals and time

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Hoy, Yana Emmy ^a   Bik, Elisabeth M ^a   Lawley, Trevor D ^a,d   Holmes, Susan P ^b   Monack, Denise M ^a   Theriot, Julie A ^a,b   Relman, David A ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; METAGENOME; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84959017985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142825     Document Type: Article

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