Title |
Bacterial diversity in faeces from polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Arctic Svalbard
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Published in |
BMC Microbiology, January 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-10-10 |
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Authors |
Trine Glad, Pål Bernhardsen, Kaare M Nielsen, Lorenzo Brusetti, Magnus Andersen, Jon Aars, Monica A Sundset |
Abstract |
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are major predators in the Arctic marine ecosystem, feeding mainly on seals, and living closely associated with sea ice. Little is known of their gut microbial ecology and the main purpose of this study was to investigate the microbial diversity in faeces of polar bears in Svalbard, Norway (74-81 degrees N, 10-33 degrees E). In addition the level of blaTEM alleles, encoding ampicillin resistance (ampr) were determined. In total, ten samples were collected from ten individual bears, rectum swabs from five individuals in 2004 and faeces samples from five individuals in 2006. |
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Nepal | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 2 | 40% |
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India | 3 | 2% |
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2 | 1% |
Turkey | 1 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
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Student > Bachelor | 22 | 12% |
Other | 10 | 5% |
Other | 28 | 15% |
Unknown | 19 | 10% |
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Environmental Science | 29 | 16% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 4% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 2% |
Earth and Planetary Sciences | 4 | 2% |
Other | 17 | 9% |
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