Multiple fields of microbiology rely on techniques of microbial identification, such as in food microbiology for detecting contaminants, and in microbial ecology to characterize biodiversity. Image ...

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA – A dog's indiscriminate taste is not always a positive trait. In fact, it often leads to gastrointestinal ...

ABSTRACT: We used massively parallel sequencing (pyrosequencing) of 16S rRNA genes to compare the composition of microbial communities in the guts of 12 bony fish and 3 shark species. The species ...