Faecal inoculations alter the gastrointestinal microbiome and allow dietary expansion in a wild specialist herbivore, the koala

BACKGROUND: Differences between individuals in their gastrointestinal microbiomes can lead to variation in their ability to persist on particular diets. Koalas are dietary specialists, feeding almost exclusively on Eucalyptus foliage but many individuals will not feed on particular Eucalyptus specie...

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Autores principales: Blyton, Michaela D. J., Soo, Rochelle M., Whisson, Desley, Marsh, Karen J., Pascoe, Jack, Le Pla, Mark, Foley, William, Hugenholtz, Philip, Moore, Ben D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7803123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33499955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-019-0008-0

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