
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Osawa, R. 
A1  - Mitsuoka, T. 
T1  - Faecal microflora of capt ive koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae).
JF  - Australian Mammalogy
JO  - Aust. Mammalogy
Y1  - 1990
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SP  - 141
EP  - 147
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AM90014 
N2  - 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. 
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