Astragalus affects fecal microbial composition of young hens as determined by 16S rRNA sequencing

Abstract The gut microbiota play important roles in the degradation of chemical compounds of herbal medicines (HMs). However, little information regarding the interplay between HMs and the gut microbiota is available. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the composition of the fecal microb...

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Main Authors: Hongxing Qiao, Liheng Zhang, Hongtao Shi, Yuzhen Song, Chuanzhou Bian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:AMB Express
Subjects:
NGS
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13568-018-0600-9