Evolutionary BiologymSystemsPeer-reviewed
Metagenomics uncovers dietary adaptations for chitin digestion in the gut microbiota of convergent myrmecophagous mammals
S. Teullet, M.-K. Tilak, A. Magdeleine…·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.
DOI 10.1128/msystems.00388-23