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    Dietary Supplementation of Usnic Acid, an Antimicrobial Compound in Lichens, Does Not Affect Rumen Bacterial Diversity or Density in Reindeer

    Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) may include large proportions of lichens in their winter diet. These dietary lichens are rich in phenolic secondary compounds, the most well-known being the antimicrobial usn...

    Trine Glad, Perry Barboza, Roderick I. Mackie in Current Microbiology (2014)

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    Ecological Characterisation of the Colonic Microbiota in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Seals

    Dominant colonic bacteria in wild hooded (n = 9), harbour (n = 1) and grey (n = 1) seals were identified using 16S rRNA gene clone libraries (313 clones), revealing 52.7% Bacteroidetes, 41.5% Firmicutes, 4.5% Pro...

    Trine Glad, Vibeke Fam Kristiansen, Kaare M. Nielsen, Lorenzo Brusetti in Microbial Ecology (2010)

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    Bacterial diversity in faeces from polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Arctic Svalbard

    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 p...

    Trine Glad, Pål Bernhardsen, Kaare M Nielsen, Lorenzo Brusetti in BMC Microbiology (2010)

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    Molecular Diversity of the Rumen Microbiome of Norwegian Reindeer on Natural Summer Pasture

    The molecular diversity of the rumen microbiome was investigated in five semi-domesticated adult female Norwegian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) grazing on natural summer pastures on the coast of northern ...

    Monica A. Sundset, Joan E. Edwards, Yan Fen Cheng in Microbial Ecology (2009)