Incomplete degradation of lichen usnic acid and atranorin in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Michał Hubert Węgrzyn, Paulina Wietrzyk-Pełka, Agnieszka Galanty, Beata Cykowska-Marzencka, Monica Alterskjær Sundset
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: Lichen secondary metabolites; ruminant; faecal samples; Spitsbergen; Arctic; envir; socio; Bolterdalen; Norway; Svalbard; Polar Research; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; svalbard reindeer; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3375; https://doaj.org/article/d8e5e6f5f0624274a70b7e03541f9405

Previous studies of Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Norway indicate that their rumen microbiota play a key role in degrading lichen secondary metabolites. We investigated the presence of usnic acid and atranorin in faecal samples from Svalbard reindeer (R. tarandus platyrhyn...