Sentences with phrase «lab mouse microbiome»
Last year, as a first step in defining a «normal» lab mouse microbiome, they analyzed feces from mice from two major vendors.
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«They have the genetics of lab mice, but they also have a microbiome from the outside world that promotes fitness.»
The gut bacteria from the wild mice were fairly similar, but the microbiomes of the lab mice were significantly different, with fewer Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria, for example.
For a few thousand dollars per procedure, they can transfer mouse embryos from other labs into females from each colony, so that the mouse pups pick up the new microbiomes and can be compared to the original strains.