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

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Węgrzyn, Michał Hubert, Wietrzyk-Pełka, Paulina, Galanty, Agnieszka, Cykowska-Marzencka, Beata, Sundset, Monica Alterskjær
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Zoophysiology and comparative physiology: 483; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoofysiologi og komparativ fysiologi: 483; Lichen secondary metabolites; ruminant; faecal samples; Spitsbergen; Arctic; Bolterdalen; Norway; Svalbard; Polar Research; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; svalbard reindeer; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16326; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3375

Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3375 . 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 faec...