The Bamboo-Eating Giant Panda Harbors a Carnivore-Like Gut Microbiota, with Excessive Seasonal Variations

ABSTRACT The giant panda evolved from omnivorous bears. It lives on a bamboo-dominated diet at present, but it still retains a typical carnivorous digestive system and is genetically deficient in cellulose-digesting enzymes. To find out whether this endangered mammalian species, like other herbivore...

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Autores principales: Zhengsheng Xue, Wenping Zhang, Linghua Wang, Rong Hou, Menghui Zhang, Lisong Fei, Xiaojun Zhang, He Huang, Laura C. Bridgewater, Yi Jiang, Chenglin Jiang, Liping Zhao, Xiaoyan Pang, Zhihe Zhang
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/cd43418b8eb2423e82b3f60787bb71a6
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