Culture collection containing 1,240 isolates from healthy Canadian laying hens

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Dec 27:e0120324. doi: 10.1128/mra.01203-24. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

The pure culture of prokaryotes is essential to understanding their physiology. To facilitate research into better understanding the roles of individual bacteria in the gastric microbiome in chickens, we have established a culture collection of 1,240 isolates from fecal samples collected from healthy laying hens from across Canada.

Keywords: culture; deep culturing; laying hen; microbiome.