The giant panda gut microbiome

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 450-452

  Wei, Fuwen ^a   Wang, Xiao ^a   Wu, Qi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Giant panda; Gut microbiome; Metagenomics

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; RNA 16S;

16S RIBOSOME RNA GENE; ADAPTATION; AILUROPODA; BAMBOO; CARNIVORE; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SYMBIONT; ANIMAL; BEAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; URSIDAE;

EID: 84939266453     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.06.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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