Oxalate-degrading bacteria, including Oxalobacter formigenes, colonise the gastrointestinal tract of healthy koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and those with oxalate nephrosis.
Natasha SpeightM Houston-FrancisM Mohammadi-DehcheshmehE EbrahimieS SaputraD J TrottPublished in: Australian veterinary journal (2019)
This is the first study to identify Oxalobacter and other oxalate-degrading bacterial species in koalas, but an association with oxalate nephrosis and absence or low abundance of Oxalobacter was not found. This suggests other mechanisms underlie the risk of oxalate nephrosis in koalas.
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