The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faecal microbiome differs with diet in a wild population

BACKGROUND: The diet of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is comprised almost exclusively of foliage from the genus Eucalyptus (family Myrtaceae). Eucalyptus produces a wide variety of potentially toxic plant secondary metabolites which have evolved as chemical defences against herbivory. The koala...

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Autores principales: Brice, Kylie L., Trivedi, Pankaj, Jeffries, Thomas C., Blyton, Michaela D.J., Mitchell, Christopher, Singh, Brajesh K., Moore, Ben D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2019
Materias:
Conservation Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6448554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30972242
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6534

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6448554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30972242
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6534

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