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British Poultry Science Volume 53, 2012 - Issue 5
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Behaviour, Welfare & Environment

Bacterial and fungal community composition over time in chicken litter with high or low moisture content

S. Wadud School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Centre for Marine BioInnovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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A. Michaelsen School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Centre for Marine BioInnovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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E. Gallagher Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia
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G. Parcsi UNSW Water Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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O. Zemb School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Centre for Marine BioInnovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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R. Stuetz UNSW Water Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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M. Manefield School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Centre for Marine BioInnovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 561-569 | Accepted 03 May 2012, Published online: 03 Jan 2013
 
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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.

Acknowledgements

Sania Wadud and this work were supported by a postgraduate research scholarship from the Poultry Cooperative Research Centre. Mike Manefield was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre.

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