Heterogeneity of the gut microbiome in mice: Guidelines for optimizing experimental design

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-132

  Laukens, Debby ^a   Brinkman, Brigitta M ^a,b   Raes, Jeroen ^b,c   De Vos, Martine ^a   Vandenabeele, Peter ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal facility; Animal models; Confounding factors; Microbiome; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84961999746     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv036     Document Type: Review

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