antimicrobial activity and genetic profile of enteroccoci isolated from hoopoes uropygial gland抗菌活性和基因档案enteroccoci隔绝戴胜鸟尾脂腺.pdf

Antimicrobial Activity and Genetic Profile of Enteroccoci Isolated from Hoopoes Uropygial Gland ´ 1,2 2,3 ´ 2,4 ´ 2 Magdalena Ruiz-Rodrıguez *, Eva Valdivia , Manuel Martın-Vivaldi , Antonio M. Martın-Platero , ´ 2,3 ´ ´ 5 ´ 2,3 1,2 Manuel Martınez-Bueno , Marıa Mendez , Juan M. Peralta-Sanchez , Juan J. Soler ´ ´ ´ ´ ´ 1 Departamento Ecologıa Funcional y Evolutiva, Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas (CSIC), Almerıa, Spain, 2 Grupo Coevolucion, Unidad Asociada al CSIC, Universidad ´ ´ de Granada, Granada, Spain, 3 Departamento Microbiologıa, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, 4 Departamento Biologıa Animal, Universidad de Granada, Granada, ´ ´ ´ ´ ˜ Spain, 5 Departamento Biologıa de la Conservacion. Estacion Biologica de Donana (CSIC) Sevilla, Spain Abstract Symbiotic microorganisms may be directly transferred from parents to offspring or acquired from a particular environment that animals may be able to select. If benefits for hosts vary among microbial strains, natural selection may favour hosts holding the most beneficial one. Enterococci symbionts living in the hoopoe (Upupa epops)