Publication Date:
2014-11-27
Description:
Article Vultures are scavengers with a high tolerance to bacterial toxins in decaying meat. Here, Roggenbuck et al. show that the vulture’s gut microbiome displays unique features and is dominated by Clostridia and Fusobacteria, two bacterial groups commonly associated with infectious disease in other animals. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6498 Authors: Michael Roggenbuck, Ida Bærholm Schnell, Nikolaj Blom, Jacob Bælum, Mads Frost Bertelsen, Thomas Sicheritz Pontén, Søren Johannes Sørensen, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Gary R. Graves, Lars H Hansen
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics