Animal-to-animal variation in fecal microbial diversity among beef cattle.
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SUBMITTER: Durso LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2901724 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
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Animal-to-animal variation in fecal microbial diversity among beef cattle.
Durso Lisa M LM Harhay Gregory P GP Smith Timothy P L TP Bono James L JL Desantis Todd Z TZ Harhay Dayna M DM Andersen Gary L GL Keen James E JE Laegreid William W WW Clawson Michael L ML
Applied and environmental microbiology 20100514 14
The intestinal microbiota of beef cattle are important for animal health, food safety, and methane emissions. This full-length sequencing survey of 11,171 16S rRNA genes reveals animal-to-animal variation in communities that cannot be attributed to breed, gender, diet, age, or weather. Beef communities differ from those of dairy. Core bovine taxa are identified. ...[more]
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