Fecal microbiota of a dugong (Dugong dugong) in captivity at Toba Aquarium
| Autor: | Shuichi Karita, Eiko Tsukinowa, Masami Furuta, Shiro Asano, Yukari Oka, Yoshihiro Wakai, Masakazu Goto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Dugong
Firmicutes Molecular Sequence Data Zoology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Actinobacteria Feces Japan RNA Ribosomal 16S Animals Bacterial phyla Phylogeny Bacteria biology Ecology Verrucomicrobia Bacteroidetes Genes rRNA Sequence Analysis DNA biology.organism_classification Lentisphaerae Animals Zoo Female Proteobacteria |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 54:25-38 |
| ISSN: | 1349-8037 0022-1260 |
| Popis: | A captive female dugong at Toba Aquarium (Japan) was examined to describe the microbiota of its lower digestive tracts using the molecular-biological technique, a culture-independent method. The phylogenetic analysis of bacterial 16S rRNA genes was conducted for fecal samples, which were taken at 3 different periods. Based on phylogenetic analysis of these sequences, the representatives of six bacterial phyla could be identified: Actinobacteria (0.7%), Bacteroidetes (15%), Firmicutes (83.1%), Lentisphaerae (0.1%), Proteobacteria (0.1%), and Verrucomicrobia (1.0%), suggesting the existence of bacterial species newly found not only in the digestive tract but also in natural field. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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