Comparative Microbiome Signatures and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Mouse, Rat, Non-human Primate, and Human Feces

Gut microbiome plays a fundamental role in several aspects of host health and diseases. There has been an exponential surge in the use of animal models that can mimic different phenotypes of the human intestinal ecosystem. However, data on host species-specific signatures of gut microbiome and its m...

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Main Authors: Ravinder Nagpal, Shaohua Wang, Leah C. Solberg Woods, Osborne Seshie, Stephanie T. Chung, Carol A. Shively, Thomas C. Register, Suzanne Craft, Donald A. McClain, Hariom Yadav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
rat
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02897/full