TY - JOUR T1 - Aerobic Bacterial Flora of Nasal Cavity of Seven Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) AU - Cui, Heng Min AU - Li, Desheng AU - Chen, Lei AU - Wang, Chengdong AU - Dai, Hongbo AU - Liu, Mengliang AU - Zhu, Ling AU - Wang, Xiaoyu AU - Xu, Zhiwen AU - Guo, Wanzhu JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 11 IS - 16 SP - 3008 EP - 3010 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2012.3008.3010 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.3008.3010 KW - Nasal flora KW -16S rDNA KW -giant panda KW -Kurthia gibsonii KW -China AB - The nasal bacterial flora of seven giant pandas was identified by 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing analysis. The most widely occurring species were Staphylococcus and Escherichia coli. Several species not known to be associated with giant pandas were present in the study including Pantoea agglomerans, Corynebacterium auriscanis, Kurthia gibsonii and Corynebacterium glutamicum. ER -