Characterization of blood microbial population in beef calves with clinical signs of sepsis using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Giuliano Borriello; Flaminia Valentini; Sara Ferrini; Giorgia Di Muro; Giulia Cagnotti; Elena Grego; Angela Maria Catania; Maria Cristina Stella; Ugo Ala; Patrizia Nebbia; Antonio D’Angelo; Claudio Bellino

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0324469

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Characterization of blood microbial population in beef calves with clinical signs of sepsis using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Giuliano Borriello ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: giuliano.borriello@unito.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-0511

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Flaminia Valentini,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Sara Ferrini,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Giorgia Di Muro,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Giulia Cagnotti,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Elena Grego,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Angela Maria Catania,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Maria Cristina Stella,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Ugo Ala,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Patrizia Nebbia,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Antonio D’Angelo,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Claudio Bellino

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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Characterization of blood microbial population in beef calves with clinical signs of sepsis using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Giuliano Borriello,
Flaminia Valentini,
Sara Ferrini,
Giorgia Di Muro,
Giulia Cagnotti,
Elena Grego,
Angela Maria Catania,
Maria Cristina Stella,
Ugo Ala,
Patrizia Nebbia

Published: May 23, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324469

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