Characterization of the gut microbiota in the red panda (Ailurus fulgens)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Kong, Fanli ^a   Zhao, Jiangchao ^b   Han, Shushu ^a   Zeng, Bo ^a   Yang, Jiandong ^a   Si, Xiaohui ^a   Yang, Benqing ^c   Yang, Mingyao ^a   Xu, Huailiang ^a   Li, Ying ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Sichuan Fengtongzhai National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENE; AILURIDAE; AILURUS FULGENS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; FIRMICUTES; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PYROSEQUENCING; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD ANIMAL;

AILURIDAE; ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METAGENOME; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896867526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087885     Document Type: Article

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