The fecal metagenomics of Malayan pangolins identifies an extensive adaptation to myrmecophagy

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue NOV, 2018, Pages

  Ma, Jing E ^a   Jiang, Hai Ying ^a   Li, Lin Miao ^a   Zhang, Xiu Juan ^a   Li, Guan Yu ^a   Li, Hui Ming ^a   Jin, Xue Jun ^a   Chen, Jin Ping ^a  

^a Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulose digestion; Chitin degrading enzymes; Intestinal microflora; Myrmecophagy; Rescue

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FIRMICUTES; GENE ONTOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALAYAN PANGOLIN; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; PHOLIDOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; VITAMIN METABOLISM; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

EID: 85057800896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02793     Document Type: Article

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