Comparison of Co-housing and Littermate Methods for Microbiota Standardization in Mouse Models

Summary: The intestinal microbiota is a fundamental factor that broadly influences physiology. Thus, studies using transgenic animals should be designed to limit the confounding effects of microbiota variation between strains. Here, we report the impact on intestinal microbiota of co-housed versus F...

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Main Authors: Susan J. Robertson, Paul Lemire, Heather Maughan, Ashleigh Goethel, Williams Turpin, Larbi Bedrani, David S. Guttman, Kenneth Croitoru, Stephen E. Girardin, Dana J. Philpott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124719304887