Metagenomics uncovers dietary adaptations for chitin digestion in the gut microbiota of convergent myrmecophagous mammals
S. Teullet, M.-K. Tilak, A. Magdeleine, R. Schaub, N. M. Weyer, W. Panaino, A. Fuller, W. J. Loughry, N. L. Avenant, B. de Thoisy, G. Borrel, F. Delsuc
The paper uses metagenomics to identify chitinolytic bacteria in the gut microbiota of myrmecophagous mammals, revealing convergent adaptations for chitin digestion across species.
bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2023Evolutionary Biology