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| Krishnankutty,Sajesh Puthenpurackal; Muraleedharan,Megha; Perumal,Rajadurai Chinnasamy; Michael,Saju; Benny,Jubina; Balan,Bipin; Kumar,Pramod; Manazhi,Jishnu; Kumar,Bangaruswamy Dhinoth; Santhosh,Sam; Thomas,George; Gupta,Ravi; Zachariah,Arun. |
| Abstract Background: The oral cavities of snakes are replete with various types of bacterial flora. Culture-dependent studies suggest that some of the bacterial species are responsible for secondary bacterial infection associated with snakebite. A complete profile of the ophidian oral bacterial community has been unreported until now. Therefore, in the present study, we determined the complete bacterial compositions in the oral cavity of some snakes from India. Methods: Total DNA was isolated from oral swabs collected from three wild snake species (Indian Cobra, King Cobra and Indian Python). Next, the DNA was subjected to PCR amplification of microbial 16S rRNA gene using V3-region-specific primers. The amplicons were used for preparation of DNA... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Microbial community; Next-generation sequencing; Venomous snake; Hypervariable region. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992018000100331 |
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