Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of faecal bacterial communities of marmot (Marmota marmota latirostris) in the Tatra mountains and the fragmentation of marmot population

  • J. Kopečný Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
  • M. Novotný Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic; Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Šoltésovej 4, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
  • V. Kmeť Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Šoltésovej 4, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
  • M. Janiga Institute of High Mountain Biology, 059 56 Tatranská Javorina 7, Slovakia
Keywords: Marmot, DGGE, Tatras, community, population

Abstract

Fecal samples of Alpine Marmot were collected from 8 localities in High, Low and West Tatras. DGGE analysis revealed several bacterial species involved in bowel fermentation. There dominated Selenomonas ruminantium, Ruminococcus albus, Butyrivibrio sp., Megasphaera elsdenii and Escherichia coli. Bifidobacteria estimated by separate DGGE were represented mainly by Bifidobacterium bifidum, B. longum and B. breve. Dendrogram homology of the whole bacterial population was separating samples from different mountain ranges.

Published
2003-12-01
How to Cite
Kopečný, J., Novotný, M., Kmeť, V., & Janiga, M. (2003). Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of faecal bacterial communities of marmot (Marmota marmota latirostris) in the Tatra mountains and the fragmentation of marmot population. Oecologia Montana, 12(1-2), 39-40. Retrieved from http://om.vuvb.uniza.sk/index.php/OM/article/view/169
Section
Techniques and strategies