Abstract
The results documented here indicate that establishment and development of the normal gut microbiota requires continuous microbial exposure during the early stages of life and this process is compromised under conditions of excessive hygiene.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e28284 |
Journal | PloS one. |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 12 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Animals
- Biodiversity
- Crosses, Genetic
- Gastrointestinal Tract
- Gene Library
- Hygiene
- Intestinal Mucosa
- Metagenome
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Swine