▪ Abstract Uncultured microorganisms comprise the majority of the planet's biological
diversity. Microorganisms represent two of the three domains of life and contain vast …

A survey of the available literature on methods most frequently used for the identification and
characterization of microbial strains, communities, or consortia is presented. The …

Drosophila melanogaster is emerging as an important model of non-pathogenic host–
microbe interactions. The genetic and experimental tractability of Drosophila has led to …

The performance of birds appears to vary among the flock of growing broilers which may in
part be due to variation in their gut microbiota. In the view of poultry industry, it is desirable to …

The inclusion of antibiotic growth promoters, such as virginiamycin, at subtherapeutic levels
in poultry feeds has a positive effect on health and growth characteristics, possibly due to …

Type I chaperonins are molecular chaperones present in virtually all bacteria, some archaea
and the plastids and mitochondria of eukaryotes. Sequences of cpn 60 genes, encoding 60 …

Barcoding with molecular sequences is widely used to catalogue eukaryotic biodiversity.
Studies investigating the community dynamics of microbes have relied heavily on gene …

Using 16S rRNA gene-based approaches, we analyzed the responses of ileal and colonic
bacterial communities of weaning piglets to dietary addition of four fermentable …

We previously reported marked differences in small intestinal morphology, including
changes in crypt depth and villous height, after inoculation of germ-free pigs with different …

A germ-free neonatal pig model was established to determine the effects of bacterial
colonization by different species on small intestinal morphology and proinflammatory …