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 from...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2021-06-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/11490.pdf |