Fecal bacterial diversity in a wild gorilla.
We describe the bacterial diversity in fecal samples of a wild gorilla by use of a 16S rRNA gene clone library and terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). Clones were classified as Firmicutes, Verrucomicrobia, Actinobacteria, Lentisphaerae, Bacteroidetes, Spirochetes, and Planctomycetes. Our data suggest that fecal populations did not change temporally, as determined by T-RFLP.
Frey
Julie C
JC
Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Rothman
Jessica M
JM
Pell
Alice N
AN
Nizeyi
John Bosco
JB
Cranfield
Michael R
MR
Angert
Esther R
ER