Jejunal microbiota profiling in ETEC-challenged mice following Pediococcus pentosaceus NQ0729 intervention
This project characterizes the jejunal microbial communities of mice following enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) challenge and Pediococcus pentosaceus NQ0729 intervention. Jejunal content samples were collected from control (CON), ETEC-challenged (NE), and P. pentosaceus NQ0729-pretreated ETEC-challenged (PR) mice. The V4 region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene was amplified using the 515F/806R primer pair and subjected to paired-end sequencing on the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform. The dataset was generated to assess microbial diversity, community composition, and differential bacterial taxa associated with ETEC challenge and P. pentosaceus NQ0729 intervention.