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Microbial Resources from Wild and Captive Animals

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Wild herbivores- browsers, grazers, miners and suckers depend much on their symbiotic gut microbiota for deriving nutrients and minerals from forage and tree bark. The wild animals are inhabited by microbial symbionts that impact development, physiology, ecological interaction and adaptation of host, besides their overall well being. In view of these salient merits, the microbiome of wild animals could be a promising source of valuable genes, enzymes and miscellaneous bioactive molecules. The wild and captive animals are less explored, and should therefore be explored for microbial assets in them.

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  • The gut microbes play crucial role in nutrition and health of wild animals

  • The gut microbes from wild animals have highly superior enzymes than those from domesticated livestock, hence may have biotechnological applications

  • The gut microorganisms with therapeutic properties could be valuable microbial feed supplements.

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  1. ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station, Palampur, India

    Birbal Singh & Gorakh Mal

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

    Sanjeev K. Gautam

  3. Department of Animal Biotechnology, ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, Haryana, India

    Manishi Mukesh

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Singh, B., Mal, G., Gautam, S.K., Mukesh, M. (2019). Microbial Resources from Wild and Captive Animals. In: Advances in Animal Biotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21309-1_4

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