Comparison of fecal and cecal microbiotas reveals qualitative similarities but quantitative differences

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stanley, Dragana ^a,b,c   Geier, Mark S ^c,d,e,f   Chen, Honglei ^b   Hughes, Robert J ^c,d,e   Moore, Robert J ^b,c,g  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cecal; Chicken; Fecal; Intestinal; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CECAL MICROBIOTA; CECUM; CHICKEN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNIT; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PYROSEQUENCING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; OTUS;

ANIMALS; CECUM; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85018126437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0388-6     Document Type: Article

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