Microbial biogeography of the wombat gastrointestinal tract
Most herbivorous mammals have symbiotic microbes living in their gastrointestinal tracts that help with harvesting energy from recalcitrant plant fibre. The bulk of research into these microorganisms has focused on samples collected from faeces, representing the distal region of the gastrointestinal...
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PeerJ Inc.
2022-02-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/12982.pdf |