Meta-analysis To Define a Core Microbiota in the Swine Gut.

ABSTRACT: The swine gut microbiota encompasses a large and diverse population of bacteria that play a significant role in pig health. As such, a number of recent studies have utilized high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene to characterize the composition and structure of the swine gut microbiota, often in response to dietary feed additives. It is important to determine which factors shape the composition of the gut microbiota among multiple studies and if certain bacteria are always present in the gut microbiota of swine, independently of study variables such as country of origin and experimental design. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis using 20 publically available data sets from high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequence studies of the swine gut microbiota. Next to the "study" itself,

SUBMITTER: Holman DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5443231 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature