
%0 Journal Article
%A Osawa, R. 
%A Mitsuoka, T. 
%T Faecal microflora of capt ive koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae).
%J Australian Mammalogy
%D 1990/06/01
%V 13
%N 2
%P 141-147
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AM90014
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AM90014 
%X The faecal microflora of four Phascolarctos cinereus kept at the Saitama Children&apos;s Zoo in Japan was investigated using 10 selective and 4 nonselec tive agar media. Total viable counts (in log form) of faecal bacteria (8.2 g of wet faeces) were significantly lower than the direct microscopic counts (11.2 g of wet faeces). Four groups of obligate anaerobes (bacteroidaceae, peptococcaceae, bifidobacteria , and clostridia) and three groups of facultative anaerobes (enterobacteria, streptococci and lactobacilli) were isolated. Dominant components of the flora were obligate anaerobes, in particular bacteroidaceae and peptococcaceae. 
