Comparative analysis of fecal microbiota and intestinal microbial metabolic activity in captive polar bears

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-185

  Schwab, Clarissa ^a,b   Gänzle, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intestinal microbiota; Polar bears; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BACTERIAL SPECIES; BLACK BEAR; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES; FECAL MICROBIOTA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEMS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MICROBIOTAS; PCR-DGGE; POLAR BEARS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SMALL INTESTINE; TOXIN GENES; TRACE AMOUNTS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

MAMMALS;

ALPHA TOXIN; RNA 16S; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

BACTERIUM; BEAR; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROKINESIS; FATTY ACID; FECES; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINES; LACTIC ACID; MALE; METAGENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES; URSIDAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARNIVORA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MAMMALIA; URSIDAE; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 79952208473     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W10-113     Document Type: Article

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