The feline oral microbiome: a provisional 16S rRNA gene based taxonomy with full-length reference sequences.

ABSTRACT: The human oral microbiome is known to play a significant role in human health and disease. While less well studied, the feline oral microbiome is thought to play a similarly important role. To determine roles oral bacteria play in health and disease, one first has to be able to accurately identify bacterial species present. 16S rRNA gene sequence information is widely used for molecular identification of bacteria and is also useful for establishing the taxonomy of novel species. The objective of this research was to obtain full 16S rRNA gene reference sequences for feline oral bacteria, place the sequences in species-level phylotypes, and create a curated 16S rRNA based taxonomy for common feline oral bacteria. Clone libraries were produced using "universal" and phylum-selective PCR primer

SUBMITTER: Dewhirst FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4297541 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature