2024
DOI: 10.1111/age.13458
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A metagenomic survey of the fecal microbiome of the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Louis Lategan du Preez,
Elzette van der Walt,
Angel Valverde
et al.

Abstract: The African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the largest terrestrial animal on Earth and is found primarily in Southern and Eastern Africa. It is a hindgut, colonic fermenter and subsists on a diet of raw plant materials found in its grazing area. In this study the bacterial, archaeal and fungal populations of seven African savanna elephant fecal metagenomes were first characterized using amplicon sequencing. On the genus level it was observed that the p‐1088‐a5 gut group in the bacteriome, Methanocorp… Show more

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