Diet and phylogeny shape the gut microbiota of Antarctic seals: A comparison of wild and captive animals

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1132-1145

  Nelson, Tiffanie M ^a   Rogers, Tracey L ^a   Carlini, Alejandro R ^b   Brown, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOCA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEALS, EARLESS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FELIDAE; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIA; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84875910146     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12022     Document Type: Article

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