Simple Summary Climate change can have a negative impact on the food sources of wild
animals, including giant pandas, who primarily rely on bamboo. To better understand the …

Giant pandas consume different structural parts of bamboo (shoots, leaves and culms)
during different seasons. Previous research showed different bamboo parts have varying …

We conducted UPLC-MS-based metabolomics, 16S rRNA, and metagenome sequencing on
the fecal samples of 44 captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) from four age …

Bamboo-eating giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is an enigmatic species, which
possesses a carnivore-like short and simple gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Despite the …

The gut microbiome plays a fundamental role in host health and the fecal metabolome can
be analysed to assess microbial activity and can be used as an intermediate phenotype …

Giant pandas feed almost exclusively on bamboo but miss lignocellulose-degrading genes.
Their gut microbiome may contribute to their nutrition; however, the limited access to pandas …

The giant panda evolved from omnivorous bears. It lives on a bamboo-dominated diet at
present, but it still retains a typical carnivorous digestive system and is genetically deficient …

To investigate the relationship between the bamboo including its nutrients and microbiome,
and gut microbiome of giant panda, different bamboo species were provided for feeding the …

Simple Summary Bamboo part preference and a panda's age have been shown to shift the
gut microbiota composition of the giant panda, thus eliciting changes in their nutrient …

The giant panda is known worldwide for having successfully moved to a diet almost
exclusively based on bamboo. Provided that no lignocellulose-degrading enzyme was …