Host contributes to longitudinal diversity of fecal microbiota in swine selected for lean growth

Host contributes to longitudinal diversity of fecal microbiota in swine selected for lean growth

Abstract Background In pigs, gut bacteria have been shown to play important roles in nutritional, physiological, and immunological processes in the host. However, the contribution of their metagenomes or part of them, which are normally reflected by fragments of 16S rRNA-encoding genes, has yet to b...

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Main Authors: Duc Lu, Francesco Tiezzi, Constantino Schillebeeckx, Nathan P. McNulty, Clint Schwab, Caleb Shull, Christian Maltecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Fecal microbiome
Longitudinal changes
Diversity
Genetic parameters
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0384-1

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