Metagenomic Analysis of the Pygmy Loris Fecal Microbiome Reveals Unique Functional Capacity Related to Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Bo ^a,b,c   Xu, Weijiang ^a,b,c   Yang, Fuya ^a   Li, Junjun ^a,b,c   Yang, Yunjuan ^a,b,c   Tang, Xianghua ^a,b,c   Mu, Yuelin ^a,b,c   Zhou, Junpei ^a,b,c   Huang, Zunxi ^a,b,c  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Yunnan for Biomass Energy and Biotechnology of Environment   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZOIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTEROIDETES; BIODEGRADATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FECES MICROFLORA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; LORISIDAE; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FECES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; LORISIDAE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874087906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056565     Document Type: Article

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