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Genes 2012, 3, 1-18; doi:10.3390/genes3010001 OPEN ACCESS genes ISSN 2073-4425 /journal/genes Article Comparison of the Fecal Microbiota in Feral and Domestic Goats Kassandra M. De Jesús-Laboy 1, ‡, Filipa Godoy-Vitorino 1,†, ‡, Yvette M. Piceno 2, 2 1 1 Lauren M. Tom , Ida G. Pantoja-Feliciano , Michelle J. Rivera-Rivera , Gary L. Andersen 2 and María G. Domínguez-Bello 1,* 1 Microbial Ecology Laboratory, JGD 224, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Ave Ponce de León, San Juan, PR 00931, USA; E-Mails: kzandra.m@ (K.M.D.J.-L.); filipagodoyvitorino@ (F.G.-V.); idapantoja@ (I.G.P.-F.); yersiniamjr@ (M.J.R.-R.) 2 Department of Ecology, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., MS 90-1116, Berkley, CA 94720, USA; E-Mails: ympiceno@ (Y.M.P.); ltom@ (L.M.T.); glandersen@ (G.L.A.) † Current address: DOE-Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Dr., Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA. ‡ These authors contributed equally to this work. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: maria.dominguez1@; Tel.: +1-787-764-0000 ext. 4884; Fax: +1-787-764-2610. Received: 2 November 2011; in revised form: 22 November 2011 / Accepted: 28 November 2011 / Published: 21 December 2011 Abstract: Animals have co-evolved with mutualistic microbial communities, known as the microbiota, which are essential for organ development and function. We hypothesize that m