title: Bacterial and fungal community composition over time in chicken litter with high or low moisture content.
abstract: 1. Changes in bacterial and fungal communities in chicken litter with high and low moisture content over a five week period during a single chicken grow out cycle in a poultry shed in subtropical Australia were investigated to study the association between specific microbes and odour production.   2. Microbial biomass, as indicated by DNA yields, was higher and community composition was more dynamic over time in moist compared with dry chicken litter.   3. Bacillus, Atopostipes and Aspergillus species increased in relative abundance in moist chicken litter samples over time reflecting the relatively high fitness and hence activity of these specific bacteria and this specific fungus in this environment.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Centre for Marine BioInnovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wadud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michaelsen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parcsi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zemb
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stuetz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manefield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D044822:Biodiversity; D002645:Chickens; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D058645:Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008372:Manure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011793:Queensland; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D008372:Manure; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S