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Bacterial diversity in faeces from polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Arctic Svalbard

BACKGROUND: Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are major predators in the Arctic marine ecosystem, feeding mainly on seals, and living closely associated with sea ice. Little is known of their gut microbial ecology and the main purpose of this study was to investigate the microbial diversity in faeces of...

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Autores principales: Glad, Trine, Bernhardsen, Pål, Nielsen, Kaare M, Brusetti, Lorenzo, Andersen, Magnus, Aars, Jon, Sundset, Monica A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2822771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20074323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-10