Large Overlap Between the Intestinal and Reproductive Tract Microbiomes of Chickens

Recent work characterized the chicken reproductive tract (oviduct) microbiome composition and its similarity to the egg and chick microbiomes. However, the origin of the oviduct microbiome has not been addressed yet. Here, we characterized the microbiome composition along the oviduct (infundibulum,...

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Main Authors: Naama Shterzer, Nir Rothschild, Yara Sbehat, Einav Stern, Albert Nazarov, Erez Mills
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01508/full