Influence of fasting during moult on the faecal microbiota of penguins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Dewar, Meagan L ^a   Arnould, John P Y ^a   Krause, Lutz ^b   Trathan, Phil ^c   Dann, Peter ^d   Smith, Stuart C ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EUDYPTULA MINOR; FECES MICROFLORA; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEABIRD; ANIMAL; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FASTING; FECES; MICROBIOTA; MOLTING; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84903650334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099996     Document Type: Article

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