Fast acquisition of a polysaccharide fermenting gut microbiome by juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas after settlement in coastal habitats

BACKGROUND: Tetrapods do not express hydrolases for cellulose and hemicellulose assimilation, and hence, the independent acquisition of herbivory required the establishment of new endosymbiotic relationships between tetrapods and microbes. Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are one of the three groups o...

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Autores principales: Campos, Patricia, Guivernau, Miriam, Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc X., Cardona, Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29636094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0454-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29636094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0454-z

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