Wombat gut microbiome (= microbe community in the body) has highest relative proportion of cellulases (12%) among those from mammals, likely reflecting diet (grasses) & hindgut fermentation (rather than foregut like cows & kangaroos) #poopScience #2022MMM https://t.co/vLi1eyPhGu https://t.co/ogvua2jZWV
@armelh c'est le cas au sens où c'est un régime très très frugal.
Mais sinon c'st la symbiose avec une flore intestinale particulière qui lui permet de détoxifier les feuilles https://t.co/ki7wGNbnzA
Marsupial lion relatives koala & wombat are herbivores & microbiome analyses show similarities but koalas have putatively detoxifying bacteria for Eucalyptus https://t.co/KN94SdHNoD
#2018MMM #RIP https://t.co/h4I9DWLpP0
Last week we learned about the microbiome of Eucalyptus specialists (Koala and Wombat; see: https://t.co/n3WIo2SmwS)
Now we have the microbiome of Bamboo eaters Lemur/Giant Panda/Red Panda
https://t.co/FoXsy0P4kD
Gene and genome-centric analyses of koala and wombat fecal microbiomes point to metabolic specialization for Eucalyptus digestion - Miriam E. Shiffman
https://t.co/n3WIo2SmwS https://t.co/G20BQHqGHm
The difference between koala poop and wombat poop is not only in shape! Great blog post exploring a recent study on the koala microbiome https://t.co/b2b5yDwS0u
The full research paper is available here https://t.co/4Jz75I10Uv #openaccess https://t.co/u8PnHhJMUG