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Captivity Shapes the Gut Microbiota of Andean Bears: Insights into Health Surveillance

The Andean bear is an endemic species of the tropical Andes who has an almost exclusively plant-based diet. Since herbivorous mammals do not carry enzymes for fiber degradation, the establishment of symbiosis with cellulolytic microorganisms in their gastrointestinal (GI) tract is necessary to help...

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Autores principales: Borbón-García, Andrea, Reyes, Alejandro, Vives-Flórez, Martha, Caballero, Susana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5507997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28751883
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01316