“…Of those, 18 genera showed higher abundance in one rat genotype versus the other. Of the nine genera with higher abundance in BB-DR, three genera, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Pseudobutyrivibrio , have representatives with known probiotic activity (Silva et al , 1987; Vandenbergh 1993; Jack et al , 1995; Bernet-Camard et al , 1997; Lorca et al , 2001; Reid et al , 2003; Leahy et al , 2005; Ohkawara et al , 2005; Fukuda et al , 2006; Ohkawara et al , 2006; Salminen et al , 2006; Čepeljnik et al , 2003, 2007). These observations from pyrosequencing were verified by qPCR of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus .…”