Comparative Metagenomics Reveals Host Specific Metavirulomes and Horizontal Gene Transfer Elements in the Chicken Cecum Microbiome

BACKGROUND: The complex microbiome of the ceca of chickens plays an important role in nutrient utilization, growth and well-being of these animals. Since we have a very limited understanding of the capabilities of most species present in the cecum, we investigated the role of the microbiome by compa...

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Main Authors: Qu, Ani, Brulc, Jennifer M., Wilson, Melissa K., Law, Bibiana F., Theoret, James R., Joens, Lynn A., Konkel, Michael E., Angly, Florent, Dinsdale, Elizabeth A., Edwards, Robert A., Nelson, Karen E., White, Bryan A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2492807/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18698407
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002945
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