Gut bacterial diversity of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) inferred by 16S rRNA sequence analysis
Joint Authors
Miron, Leticia
Mira, Alex
Rocha Ramirez, Victor
Belda Ferre, Pedro
Cabrera Rubio, Raul
Folch Mallol, Jorge
Cardenas Vazquez, Rene
DeLuna, Alexander
Hernandez, Ana Lilia
Maya Elizarraras, Elisa
Schondube, Jorge E.
Alexander, DeLuna
Source
Issue
Vol. 3, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2014-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Intestinal bacteria play an important role in animal health.
They extract and process nutrients present in their host’s diet, help to develop their host’s immune system, and recycle organic compounds, water, and minerals.
The gut bacterial diversity is poorly known in wild animals.
This study is the first description of the diversity of bacteria along the whole intestine of a wild bird (Passer domesticus).
Pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA gene unveiled a high bacterial diversity, distributed in 11 bacterial phyla.
The most abundant groups were Proteobacteria and Firmicutes.
Bacterial diversity was greater in the upper section of the intestine and decreased toward the final portion of the gut.
After a conservative denoising of the sequences, we found 4,436 OTUs in the gut of P.
domesticus.
Our data shows that the diversity of intestinal bacteria in the gut of wild birds is much larger than what had previously been estimated using fecal samples.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Miron, Leticia& Mira, Alex& Rocha Ramirez, Victor& Belda Ferre, Pedro& Cabrera Rubio, Raul& Folch Mallol, Jorge…[et al.]. 2014. Gut bacterial diversity of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) inferred by 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Metagenomics،Vol. 3, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-654331
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Miron, Leticia…[et al.]. Gut bacterial diversity of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) inferred by 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Metagenomics Vol. 3 (2014), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-654331
American Medical Association (AMA)
Miron, Leticia& Mira, Alex& Rocha Ramirez, Victor& Belda Ferre, Pedro& Cabrera Rubio, Raul& Folch Mallol, Jorge…[et al.]. Gut bacterial diversity of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) inferred by 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Metagenomics. 2014. Vol. 3, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-654331
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 9-11
Record ID
BIM-654331