Erysipelothrix spp. and other Erysipelotrichaceae detected by 16s rRNA microbial community profiling in healthy conventionally reared chickens and their environment
Erysipelotrichaceae were detected by 16S rRNA community profiling in chicken intestinal samples and environmental samples from a poultry facility where animals had high antibody titres against E. rhusiopathiae but no clinical outbreaks of erysipelas had been recorded.