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Metagenomics reveals fibre fermentation and AMR pathways in red grouse (Lagopus scotica) microbiota.
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SUBMITTER: Ahmad AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC12366002 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Metagenomics reveals fibre fermentation and AMR pathways in red grouse (Lagopus scotica) microbiota.
BMC microbiology 20250819 1
BACKGROUND: The avian caecal microbiota plays a vital role in host nutrition, enabling non-digestible, fibrous material to be converted into compounds that can be absorbed and used as an energy source by the host. The diet of adult red grouse (Lagopus scotica) is dominated by heather (Calluna vulgaris), which is particularly high in fibre. It is therefore likely that the caecal microbiota plays a key role in enabling grouse to thrive on this diet. In this study, we present the first characterisa ...[more]
