We have the notion that one of the key factors to achieve and maintain the adequate structure and functions of the digestive tract is the microbiota that resides there; which in turn influences the level of general health and productivity of the animals.
This round table addresses the need to use more standardized methodologies to characterize the composition of the microbiota in birds (metagenomics), since it is considered that the way in which these studies have been carried out, presents such a level of heterogeneity that it does not allow an objective comparison of the results that have been obtained in different research centers.
But the task doesn´t end there. It is necessary to have greater knowledge of the functions of the microbiota (metabolomics, metatranscriptomics) that is being characterized taxonomically……..As some experts on the subject say: to go from knowing who there are and how many there are, to knowing what they are doing there, and how they are doing it……….Also for this, it is presumed that the standardization of the methodologies to be used will be necessary.
This is an important issue. It will be interesting to see/hear how similar the results are from different laboratories using the proposed protocol when analysing the same mock communities or sample(s) in developing/validating the standardised methodology.
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