Beyond 16S rRNA Community Profiling: Intra-Species Diversity in the Gut Microbiota

Interactions with microbes affect many aspects of animal biology, including immune system development, nutrition and health. In vertebrates, the gut microbiota is dominated by a small subset of phyla, but the species composition within these phyla is typically not conserved. Moreover, several recent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ellegaard, Kirsten M., Engel, Philipp
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030217/