The effect of the macrolide antibiotic tylosin on microbial diversity in the canine small intestine as demonstrated by massive parallel 16S rRNA gene sequencing

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent studies have shown that the fecal microbiota is generally resilient to short-term antibiotic administration, but some bacterial taxa may remain depressed for several months. Limited information is available about the effect of...

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Main Authors: Wolcott Randy D, Steiner Jörg M, Westermarck Elias, Dowd Scot E, Suchodolski Jan S, Spillmann Thomas, Harmoinen Jaana A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/210