Mouse models for human intestinal microbiota research: a critical evaluation

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 149-160

  Hugenholtz, Floor ^a,c   de Vos, Willem M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Metagenome; Microbiome; Murine models; Phylogeny; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ATTENTION; BACTERIAL GENE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC BACKGROUND; GENOTYPE; IDENTITY; INBRED STRAIN; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REARING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RESEARCH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85033501802     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2693-8     Document Type: Review

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