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SUBMITTER: Franzini PZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4988786 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Franzini Philippa Z N PZ Ramond Jean-Baptiste JB Scholtz Clarke H CH Sole Catherine L CL Ronca Sandra S Cowan Don A DA
PloS one 20160817 8
Micro-organisms inhabiting animal guts benefit from a protected and nutrient-rich environment while assisting the host with digestion and nutrition. In this study we compare, for the first time, the bacterial and fungal gut communities of two species of the small desert dung beetle genus Pachysoma feeding on different diets: the detritivorous P. endroedyi and the dry-dung-feeding P. striatum. Whole-gut microbial communities from 5 individuals of each species were assessed using 454 pyrosequencin ...[more]