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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |