Correlating gut microbial membership to brown bear health metrics
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Ecosystem; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Quality Indicators, Health Care; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; Ursidae / physiology
TL;DR:
Brown bears are used as an ecological model to quantify the relationship between wildlife body condition metrics that are commonly used to assess individual and population-level health and GMB community composition and structure, and results indicate that GMB composition reflects diverse foraging strategies while allowing brown bears to achieve similar body condition outcomes.
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