Microbiota composition of simultaneously colonized mice housed under either a gnotobiotic isolator or individually ventilated cage regime

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Lundberg, Randi ^a,b   Bahl, Martin I ^c   Licht, Tine R ^c   Toft, Martin F ^b,d   Hansen, Axel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Taconic Farms Inc   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Adlast ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIODIVERSITY; C57BL MOUSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GERM-FREE LIFE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION;

EID: 85011840676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep42245     Document Type: Article

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