Insights into the Oral Bacterial Microbiota of Sows

The investigation of bacterial microbiota represents a developing research field in veterinary medicine intended to look for correlations between animal health and the balance within bacterial populations. The aim of the present work was to define the bacterial microbiota of the oral cavity of healt...

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Autores principales: Jasmine Hattab, Giuseppe Marruchella, Alberto Pallavicini, Fabrizia Gionechetti, Francesco Mosca, Abigail Rose Trachtman, Laura Lanci, Luigino Gabrielli, Pietro Giorgio Tiscar
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/8bc038ed2ffd405a904951a81ac201e8
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Sumario:The investigation of bacterial microbiota represents a developing research field in veterinary medicine intended to look for correlations between animal health and the balance within bacterial populations. The aim of the present work was to define the bacterial microbiota of the oral cavity of healthy sows, which had not been thoroughly described so far. In total, 22 samples of oral fluid were collected and analyzed by 16S-rRNA gene sequencing. CLC Genomics Workbench 20.0 (QIAGEN Digital Insights, Aarhus, Denmark) was then used to examine the results. The predominant orders were Lactobacillales, Clostridiales, and Corynebacteriales. Lactobacillaceae, Corynebacteriaceae, Moraxellaceae, Aerococcaceae, and Staphylococcaceae were the most represented families. As regards the most abundant genera, <i>Lactobacillus</i>, <i>Corynebacterium</i>, <i>Acinetobacter</i>, <i>Staphylococcus</i>, <i>Rothia</i>, <i>Aerococcus</i>, and <i>Clostridium</i> can be pointed out as the bacterial core microbiota. Sows were also divided into “gestating” and “lactating” groups, and mild differences were found between pregnant and lactating sows. The data herein described represent an original contribution to the knowledge of the porcine bacterial microbiota. Moreover, the choice of sows as experimental animals was strategic for identifying the adult microbial community. These data provide a basis for further studies on the oral bacterial microbiota of pigs.