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Anaerobe

Volume 23, October 2013, Pages 109-111
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Segmented filamentous bacteria are a major group in terminal ileum of piglets

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Abstract

Metabolically active microbiota of the porcine terminal ileum mucosa was analyzed by RT-PCR of 16S rRNAs. The majority of 1951 sequences retrieved (24.8%) displayed the closest similarity to segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB). Phylogenetic analysis inferred the host-specific clusters of SFB sequences suggesting the host-specific selection of this group of bacteria.

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Acknowledgment

This study was supported, in part, by a grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (13209262) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, Sports and Technology of Japan.

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