A comparative metagenome survey of the fecal microbiota of a breast-and a plant-fed asian elephant reveals an unexpectedly high diversity of glycoside hydrolase family enzymes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Ilmberger, Nele ^a   Güllert, Simon ^a   Dannenberg, Joana ^a   Rabausch, Ulrich ^a   Torres, Jeremy ^a   Wemheuer, Bernd ^b   Alawi, Malik ^c   Poehlein, Anja ^b   Chow, Jennifer ^a   Turaev, Dimitrij ^d   Rattei, Thomas ^d   Schmeisser, Christel ^a   Salomon, Jesper ^e   Olsen, Peter B ^e   Daniel, Rolf ^b   Grundhoff, Adam ^f   Borchert, Martin S ^e   Streit, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; RNA 16S;

16SRRNA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDETES; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEPHANT; FECES; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BREAST FEEDING; DATA COLLECTION; ELEPHANTS; FECES; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MALE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 84923212457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106707     Document Type: Article

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