Phylogenetic analysis of the fecal microbial community in herbivorous land and marine iguanas of the Galápagos Islands using 16S rRNA-based pyrosequencing

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1461-1470

  Hong, Pei Ying ^a   Wheeler, Emily ^a   Cann, Isaac K O ^a   Mackie, Roderick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA based pyrosequencing; dietary differences; fecal microbiota; Gal pagos iguanas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY SHIFT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERBIVORE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYSACCHARIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLASSIFICATION; ECUADOR; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; LIZARD; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECUADOR; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IGUANAS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

ALGAE; AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES (CLASS); BACTEROIDES SP.; BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; CONOLOPHUS; FIRMICUTES; IGUANA; IGUANIA; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; OTUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; UNCLASSIFIED BACTERIA;

EID: 80052054575     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.33     Document Type: Article

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