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SUBMITTER: Mashoof S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3514589 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mashoof S S Goodroe A A Du C C CC Eubanks J O JO Jacobs N N Steiner J M JM Tizard I I Suchodolski J S JS Criscitiello M F MF
Mucosal immunology 20120829 2
Many studies address the influence of the gut microbiome on the immune system, but few dissect the effect of T cells on gut microbiota and mucosal responses. We have employed larval thymectomy in Xenopus to study the gut microbiota with and without the influence of T lymphocytes. Pyrosequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA genes was used to assess the relative abundance of bacterial groups present in the stomach, small and large intestine. Clostridiaceae was the most abundant family throughout the gut, ...[more]