Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum
Abstract Background Chickens are a highly important source of protein for a large proportion of the human population. The caecal microbiota plays a crucial role in chicken nutrition through the production of short-chain fatty acids, nitrogen recycling, and amino acid production. In this study, we se...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-02-01
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Series: | Genome Biology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-1947-1 |