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Direct Evidence That Sunbirds’ Gut Microbiota Degrades Floral Nectar’s Toxic Alkaloids

Orange-tufted sunbirds (Cinnyris osea) feed on the nectar of the tobacco tree (Nicotiana glauca) which contains toxic pyridine alkaloids characterized by high concentrations of anabasine and much lower concentrations of nicotine. We aimed at determining whether the gut microbiota of sunbirds harbors...

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Udgivet i:Front Microbiol
Main Authors: Gunasekaran, Mohanraj, Trabelcy, Beny, Izhaki, Ido, Halpern, Malka
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8018289/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33815326
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.639808
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