title: Use of pyrosequencing to characterize the microbiota in the ileum of goats fed with increasing proportion of dietary grain.
abstract: This study evaluated the effects of an increasing proportion of dietary grain on changes in bacterial populations in the goat ileum. Nine ruminally fistulated, castrated male goats were assigned to three diets in a completely randomized design. Goats were fed three different dietary treatments containing different proportions of corn grain (0, 25, and 50 %). The pH of the ileal contents and rumen fluid (P = 0.015) linearly decreased (P < 0.001), and the acetate, propionate, butyrate, and total volatile fatty acid in ileal contents increased (P < 0.05) with increases in dietary corn, and similar results were also observed in rumen fluid. The barcoded DNA pyrosequencing method was used to reveal 8 phyla, 70 genera, and 1,693 16S operational taxonomic units (OTUs). At the genus level, the proportions of Acetitomaculum, Enterococcus, Atopobium, unclassified Coriobacteriaceae, and unclassified Planctomycetaceae were linearly decreased (P < 0.05) with increases in corn grain. At the species level, high grain feeding linearly decreased the percentage of OTU8686 (unclassified Bacteria) (P = 0.004). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study using barcoded DNA pyrosequencing method to survey the ileal microbiome of goats and the results suggest that increasing levels of dietary corn change the composition of the ileal bacterial community. These findings provide previously unknown information about the ileal microbiota of goats and a new understanding of the ileal microbial ecology, which may be useful in modulating the gut microbiome.
authors: Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. maoshengyong@163.com
authors: Shengyong
authors: S
authors: Mao
authors: Wenjie
authors: W
authors: Huo
authors: Weiyun
authors: W
authors: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D004032:Diet / Q000379:methods*; D002523:Edible Grain; D006041:Goats; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007082:Ileum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D064307:Microbiota; D012417:Rumen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids
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