Characterization of the Fecal Microbiome from Non-Human Wild Primates Reveals Species Specific Microbial Communities

Suleyman Yildirim; Carl J. Yeoman; Maksim Sipos; Manolito Torralba; Brenda A. Wilson; Tony L. Goldberg; Rebecca M. Stumpf; Steven R. Leigh; Bryan A. White; Karen E. Nelson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013963

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Characterization of the Fecal Microbiome from Non-Human Wild Primates Reveals Species Specific Microbial Communities

Suleyman Yildirim,

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Carl J. Yeoman,

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Maksim Sipos,

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Manolito Torralba,

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Brenda A. Wilson,

Affiliations The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Tony L. Goldberg,

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Rebecca M. Stumpf,

Affiliations The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Steven R. Leigh,

Affiliations The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Bryan A. White ,

* E-mail: bwhite44@illinois.edu

Affiliations The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Karen E. Nelson

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Characterization of the Fecal Microbiome from Non-Human Wild Primates Reveals Species Specific Microbial Communities

Suleyman Yildirim,
Carl J. Yeoman,
Maksim Sipos,
Manolito Torralba,
Brenda A. Wilson,
Tony L. Goldberg,
Rebecca M. Stumpf,
Steven R. Leigh,
Bryan A. White,
Karen E. Nelson

Published: November 12, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013963

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