Maintenance of “gut health” is considered a priority in commercial chicken farms, although a
precise definition of what constitutes gut health and how to evaluate it is still lacking. In …

Amplification and sequencing of 16S amplicons are widely used for profiling the structure of
oral microbiota. However, it remains not clear whether and to what degree DNA extraction …

The omnipresent accumulation and non-degradable nature of plastics in the environment
are posing an ever-increasing ecological threat. In this study, a total of 97 bacteria were …

Bead-beating within a DNA extraction protocol is critical for complete microbial cell lysis and
accurate assessment of the abundance and composition of the microbiome. While the …

Bovine respiratory disease complex is the most common disease requiring the use of
antimicrobials in industrial calf production worldwide. Pathogenic bacteria (Mannheimia …

Despite the availability of highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods,
the dearth of remotely deployable diagnostic tools circumvents the early and accurate …

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an evolving enteric pathogen that causes
acute and chronic diarrhea in developed and industrialized nations in children. EAEC …

Purpose The multiple-drug resistant Escherichia coli are among the deadliest pathogens
causing life-threatening infections. This study was planned to determine the molecular …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of nosocomial
infections because of its high resistance. Here, we study the antibiotic resistance in MRSA …

Obesity is a noncommunicable disease that affects a considerable part of humanity.
Recently, it has been recognized that gut microbiota constitutes a fundamental factor in the …