chicken gut metagenome Raw sequence reads. chicken gut metagenome

Intestinal microbiota plays a critical role in nutrient digestion and utilization with a significant impact on feed efficiency of livestock animals. However, the intestinal microbes that are associated with feed efficiency remain elusive. In this study, we want to identify bacterial taxa that are important in feed efficiency. we analyzed the compositions of the microbiome in the ileum, cecum, and cloaca separately and further compared them between the broilers with extremely high and low residual feed intake (RFI) values.