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Host litter-associated gut dynamics affect Escherichia coli abundance and adhesion genotype in rats.
Environmental microbiology reports - 1 Jun 2015
Blyton Michaela D J, Herawati Nur 'Aini, O'Brien Claire L, Gordon David M
Abstract excerpt
The probability of detecting Escherichia coli varies between host species with different diets and body sizes. An experimental study that mimicked the effect of different carnivore body masses found that digesta transit times influence E. coli abundance. In this study, we investigated how the hos...
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