The microbial community in the feces of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) as determined by PCR-TGGE profiling and clone library analysis

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 194-202

  Wei, Guifang ^a   Lu, Haifeng ^a   Zhou, Zhihua ^a   Xie, Huabiao ^b   Wang, Aishan ^b   Nelson, Karen ^c   Zhao, Liping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Zoo   (China)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEAR; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; OTUS;

EID: 34447122742     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9225-2     Document Type: Article

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