Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Gut microbiome of the largest living rodent harbors unprecedented enzymatic systems to degrade plant polysaccharides

  • Lucelia Cabral,
  • Gabriela F. Persinoti,
  • Douglas A. A. Paixão,
  • Marcele P. Martins,
  • Mariana A. B. Morais,
  • Mariana Chinaglia,
  • Mariane N. Domingues,
  • Mauricio L. Sforca,
  • Renan A. S. Pirolla,
  • Wesley C. Generoso,
  • Clelton A. Santos,
  • Lucas F. Maciel,
  • Nicolas Terrapon,
  • Vincent Lombard,
  • Bernard Henrissat,
  • Mario T. Murakami

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28310-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Here, Cabral et al., perform a multi-omics analysis of the gut microbiome of capybara, the largest living rodent, unveiling enzymatic mechanisms for the breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass, and report two undescribed families of carbohydrate-active enzymes.