The Bamboo-Eating Giant Panda Harbors a Carnivore-Like Gut Microbiota, with Excessive Seasonal Variations

The giant panda evolved from omnivorous bears. It lives on a bamboo-dominated diet at present, but it still retains a typical carnivorous digestive system and is genetically deficient in cellulose-digesting enzymes. To find out whether this endangered mammalian species, like other herbivores, has su...

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Autores principales: Xue, Zhengsheng, Zhang, Wenping, Wang, Linghua, Hou, Rong, Zhang, Menghui, Fei, Lisong, Zhang, Xiaojun, Huang, He, Bridgewater, Laura C., Jiang, Yi, Jiang, Chenglin, Zhao, Liping, Pang, Xiaoyan, Zhang, Zhihe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4442137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25991678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00022-15

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