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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Main Authors: Raphael Eisenhofer, Erin D’Agnese, David Taggart, Scott Carver, Beth Penrose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/12982.pdf