Evaluation of the bacterial diversity in the feces of cattle using 16S rDNA bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The microbiota of an animal's intestinal tract plays important roles in the animal's overall health, productivity and well-being. There is still a scarcity of information on the microbial diversity in the gut of livestock s...

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Main Authors: Sun Yan, Wolcott Randall D, Callaway Todd R, Dowd Scot E, McKeehan Trevor, Hagevoort Robert G, Edrington Thomas S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/125