Analysis of the microbial diversity in faecal material of the endangered blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1063-1069

  Guass, Olivia ^a   Haapanen, Lisa Meier ^a   Dowd, Scot E ^b   Širović, Ana ^c   McLaughlin, Richard William ^a  

^a General Studies   (United States)

^b MR DNA (Molecular Research LP)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Faecal material; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL RNA; FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTEROIDETES; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; METSCHNIKOWIA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BALAENOPTERA; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; FECES; FUNGI; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84964211350     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-016-0698-1     Document Type: Article

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