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Comparative fecal metagenomics unveils unique functional capacity of the swine gut
15 May 2011
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BACKGROUND: Uncovering the taxonomic composition and functional capacity within the swine gut microbial consortia is of great importance to animal physiology and health as well as to food and water safety due to the presence of human pathogens in pig feces. Nonetheless, limited information on the functional diversity of the swine gut microbiome is available. RESULTS: Analysis of 637, 722 pyrosequencing reads (130...
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