Ecological drift and local exposures drive enteric bacterial community differences within species of Galápagos iguanas

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1779-1788

  Lankau, Emily W ^a   Hong, Pei Ying ^a   MacKie, Roderick I ^a  

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

Author keywords

bacteria; community ecology; DNA barcoding; microbial biology; reptiles; species interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DIET; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOTYPE; ECUADOR; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; IGUANIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIET; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOTYPE; ECUADOR; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOGRAPHY; IGUANAS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84859103152     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05502.x     Document Type: Article

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