Diet and environment shape fecal bacterial microbiota composition and enteric pathogen load of grizzly bears.

BACKGROUND: Diet and environment impact the composition of mammalian intestinal microbiota; dietary or health disturbances trigger alterations in intestinal microbiota composition and render the host susceptible to enteric pathogens. To date no long term monitoring data exist on the fecal microbiota...

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Main Authors: Clarissa Schwab, Bogdan Cristescu, Joseph M Northrup, Gordon B Stenhouse, Michael Gänzle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3240615?pdf=render