The Bacterial and Fungal Microbiota of Nelore Steers Is Dynamic Across the Gastrointestinal Tract and Its Fecal-Associated Microbiota Is Correlated to Feed Efficiency

The Bacterial and Fungal Microbiota of Nelore Steers Is Dynamic Across the Gastrointestinal Tract and Its Fecal-Associated Microbiota Is Correlated to Feed Efficiency

The ruminant gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiome plays a major role in the health, physiology and production traits of the host. In this work, we characterized the bacterial and fungal microbiota of the rumen, small intestine (SI), cecum and feces of 27 Nelore steers using next-generation sequen...

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Main Authors: Déborah Romaskevis Gomes Lopes, Alex J. La Reau, Márcio de Souza Duarte, Edenio Detmann, Cláudia Braga Pereira Bento, Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante, Sarah Figueiredo Martins Bonilha, Garret Suen, Hilario Cuquetto Mantovani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
GIT microbiota
beef cattle
16S rRNA gene
ITS1
fecal samples
residual feed intake
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01263/full

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