Diet specialization selects for an unusual and simplified gut microbiota in two- and three-toed sloths

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1391-1402

  Dill Mcfarland, Kimberly A ^a   Weimer, Paul J ^a,b   Pauli, Jonathan N ^a   Peery, M Zachariah ^a   Suen, Garret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SLOTH; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HERBIVORY; MALE; SLOTHS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84941299696     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13022     Document Type: Article

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