Research Article

Ecological Characterization of the Colonic Microbiota of Normal and Diarrheic Dogs

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Q-PCR analysis of bacterial groups in fecal samples from a single pet with two diarrheic episodes. Panel (a) Clostridium group I; Panel (b) Clostridium group XIVa; Panel (c) Bacteroides spp.; Panel (d) E. coli; Panel (e) E. faecium; Panel (f) E. faecalis. values for the standard curves were 0.995, 0.986, 0.956, 0.958, 0.980, and 0.998, respectively. Error bars indicate the standard deviation of triplicate samples. Lack of a bar indicates that no product was detected in 40 cycles. The sample for day 252 was exhausted before Q-PCR for E. faecium, E. faecalis, and E. coli was performed. Population variability (PV) values are shown at the upper right of each panel.
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