The giant panda gut harbors a high diversity of lactic acid bacteria revealed by a novel culturomics pipeline

ABSTRACT Some lactic acid bacteria (LAB) can provide significant health benefits, which are critically important for the conservation of endangered animals, such as giant pandas. However, little is known about the diversity and culturability of LAB in the giant panda gut microbiota. To understand th...

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Published in:	mSystems
Main Authors:	Wenping Zhang, Lijun Zheng, Junjin Xie, Xiaoyan Su, Mingchun Zhang, He Huang, Stephan Schmitz-Esser, Shizhang Du, Yu Yang, Jiqin Xie, Qinrong Zhang, Shuran Yu, Qiang Guo, Hairui Wang, Liang Zhang, Kong Yang, Rong Hou
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2024-07-01
Subjects:	giant panda lactic acid bacteria culturomics SCFAs
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00520-24