Multigenerational influences of the Fut2 gene on the dynamics of the gut microbiota in mice

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2017, Pages

  Rausch, Philipp ^a,b   Künzel, Sven ^a   Suwandi, Abdulhadi ^c,d   Grassl, Guntram A ^c,d   Rosenstiel, Philip ^b   Baines, John F ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community robustness; Fut2; Legacy effects; Microbial community succession; Microbiota; Network analysis; Transgenerational effects

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PYROSEQUENCING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 85020691652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00991     Document Type: Article

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