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The gut microbiome of the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) reveals its adaptation to specialized myrmecophagy
BACKGROUND: The gut microbiomes of mammals are closely related to the diets of their hosts. The Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) is a specialized myrmecophage, but its gut microbiome has rarely been studied. METHODS: Using high-throughput Illumina barcoded 16S rRNA amplicons of nine fecal samples fro...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8179220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34141474 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11490 |