Segawa, TakahiroFukuchi, SatoshiBodington, DylanTsuchida, SayakaMbehang Nguema, Pierre PhilippeMori, HiroshiUshida, Kazunari2024-03-192024-03-192019-04-04Segawa, T, Fukuchi, S, Bodington, D, Tsuchida, S, Mbehang Nguema, P P, Mori, H & Ushida, K 2019, 'Genomic Analyses of Bifidobacterium moukalabense Reveal Adaptations to Frugivore/Folivore Feeding Behavior', Microorganisms, vol. 7, no. 4, 99. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7040099, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms70400992076-2607PubMedCentral: PMC6518056ORCID: /0000-0002-5752-8725/work/199810617https://hdl.handle.net/2164/23071Funding: This research was funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), grant for the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) “Conservation of Biodiversity in Tropical Forest through Sustainable Coexistence between Human and Wild Animals” (PI, Juichi Yamagiwa) and the study was also supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (15K18775, Sayaka Tsuchida)”. Acknowledgments: We thank Ayumi Akiyoshi and Chiaki Hagiwara for technical assistance and Takahiro Yonezawa at Tokyo University of Agriculture for his valuable discussion about genetic evolution of Bifidobacterium. The authors are indebted for the sampling to Juichi Yamagiwa (Kyoto University), Yuji Takenoshita (Chubu Gakuin University), Shiho Fujita (Kagoshima University), Ludovic Ngok Banak and Alfred Ngomanda, the former and the actual Director of the Research Institute of Tropical Ecology (IRET)/National Center of Scientific Research and Technology (CENAREST) of Gabonese Republic. Takahiro Segawa was supported by Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center (TRIC) of the Research Organization of Information and Systems. Ortholog analyses were supported by Basis for Supporting Innovative Drug Discovery and Life Science Research program (2051). Computations were partially performed on the NIG (National Institute of Genetics) supercomputer at ROIS (Research Organization of Information and Systems) National Institute of Genetics.132611257engSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingBifidobacterium moukalabensegenomic characteristicswild chimpanzeeswild forest elephantswild gorillasQR MicrobiologyQRJournal article10.3390/microorganisms7040099