The interplay between Campylobacter and Helicobacter species and other gastrointestinal microbiota of commercial broiler chickens.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poultry represent an important source of foodborne enteropathogens, in particular thermophilic Campylobacter species. Many of these organisms colonize the intestinal tract of broiler chickens as harmless commensals, and therefore, often remain undetected prior to slaughter. The exact reasons for the lack of clinical disease are unknown, but analysis of the gastrointestinal microbiota of broiler chickens may improve our understanding of the microbial interactions with the host.

Methods

In this study, the fecal microbiota of 31 market-age (56-day old) broiler chickens, from two different farms, was analyzed using high throughput sequencing. The samples were then screened for two emerging human pathogens, Campylobacter concisus and Helicobacter pullorum, using specie

SUBMITTER: Kaakoush NO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4060860 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature