Metagenomics of chicken cecal contents from fast and slower growing birds. Metagenomics of chicken cecal contents

We sequenced DNA from cecal contents samples taken from 24 chickens belonging to either a fast or slower growing breed consuming either a vegetable-only diet or a diet containing fish meal. We utilised 1.6T of Illumina data to construct 469 draft metagenome-assembled bacterial genomes, including 460 novel strains, 283 novel species and 42 novel genera.

本研究对24只鸡的盲肠内容物样本开展DNA测序，受试鸡分属快生长型与慢生长型两个品种，且分别饲喂纯植物日粮或含鱼粉的日粮。本研究利用1.6太碱基的Illumina测序数据，构建了469个细菌宏基因组组装草图基因组，其中包含460个新菌株、283个新物种与42个新属。