Variation in the hindgut microbial communities of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris over winter in Crystal River, Florida

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 601-615

  Merson, Samuel D ^a   Ouwerkerk, Diane ^a,b   Gulino, Lisa Maree ^a,b   Klieve, Athol ^a   Bonde, Robert K ^c   Burgess, Elizabeth A ^a   Lanyon, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; 454 pyrosequencing; Bacteria; Colon; Faeces

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIETARY SHIFT; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FECES; MARINE MAMMAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIGRATION; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

CRYSTAL RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENE; 454-PYROSEQUENCING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COLON; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; UNITED STATES;

16S RRNA GENE; 454-PYROSEQUENCING; BACTERIA; COLON; FAECES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; MALE; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

EID: 84896706338     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12248     Document Type: Article

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