Anthropogenic Neighborhood Impact on Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Polar Bear Feces

Anthropogenic Neighborhood Impact on Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Polar Bear Feces

Climate changes cause a dramatical increase in the ice-free season in the Arctic, forcing polar bears ashore, closer to human settlements associated with new and non-natural food objects. Such a diet may crucially transform the intestinal microbiome and metabolism of polar bears. The aim of this stu...

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Main Authors: Maksim V. Vecherskii, Tatiana A. Kuznetsova, David R. Khayrullin, Aleksandr A. Stepankov, Svetlana M. Artemieva, Pavel V. Chukmasov, Evgeny A. Ivanov, Ivan A. Mizin, Ilya N. Mordvintsev, Nikita G. Platonov, Aleksandr A. Pashali, Artem I. Isachenko, Renata E. Lazareva, Ksenia M. Shestakova, Viatcheslav V. Rozhnov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
polar bear
intestinal microbiome
NGS
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/13/2067

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