PRJNA669261
Gut microbiota and dietary composition of  penguins  as revealed by fecal DNA pyrosequencing
Gentoo penguins and Adelie penguins breed sympatrically on Ardley Island, west Antarctic Peninsula. In the present study, two ribosomal RNA (i.e., 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA) genes and a cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene from feces of the penguins were sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq platform in order to know whether the two penguin species possess compositional similarity in gut microbiota and diet.