Environmental and maternal factors shaping tonsillar microbiota development in piglets

Abstract Background The palatine tonsils are part of the mucosal immune system and stimulate immune responses through M cell uptake sampling of antigens and bacteria in the tonsillar crypts. Little is known about the development of the tonsillar microbiota and the factors determining the establishme...

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Published in:BMC Microbiology
Main Authors: Simen Fredriksen, Xiaonan Guan, Jos Boekhorst, Francesc Molist, Peter van Baarlen, Jerry M. Wells
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Subjects:
piglet
microbiota
early life
longitudinal
sow
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02625-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02625-8

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