Convergence of gut microbiomes in myrmecophagous mammals

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1301-1317

  Delsuc, Frédéric ^a,b   Metcalf, Jessica L ^b   Wegener Parfrey, Laura ^b   Song, Se Jin ^b   González, Antonio ^b   Knight, Rob ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequencing; convergence; gut microbiome; mammals; microbial diversity

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; EUTHERIA; ISOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; ORYCTEROPODIDAE; PROTELES CRISTATUS;

RNA 16S;

16S RRNA SEQUENCING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GUT MICROBIOME; MAMMAL; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; XENARTHRA;

16S RRNA SEQUENCING; CONVERGENCE; GUT MICROBIOME; MAMMALS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; XENARTHRA;

EID: 84896339094     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12501     Document Type: Article

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