Gene Sets for Utilization of Primary and Secondary Nutrition Supplies in the Distal Gut of Endangered Iberian Lynx

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Alcaide, María ^a   Messina, Enzo ^b   Richter, Michael ^c   Bargiela, Rafael ^a   Peplies, Jörg ^c   Huws, Sharon A ^d   Newbold, Charles J ^d,e   Golyshin, Peter N ^e   Simón, Miguel A ^f   López, Guillermo ^g   Yakimov, Michail M ^b   Ferrer, Manuel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c RIBOCON GMBH   (Germany)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^g Agencia Andaluza del Medio Ambiente y del Agua   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; CARBOHYDRATE; DNA; GLYCEROL; GLYCOAMINOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSIDASE; LIPID; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANAEROPLASMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQPZ GENE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIGESTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FIRMICUTES; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; IBERIAN LYNX; INTESTINE FLORA; LYNX; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SMALL SUBUNIT RRNA GENE; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; LYNX; SPAIN;

ANAEROPLASMA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; FIRMICUTES; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS;

EID: 84871202417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051521     Document Type: Article

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