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The Tasmanian devil microbiome—implications for conservation and management

BACKGROUND: The Tasmanian devil, the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial, is at risk of extinction due to devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), a fatal contagious cancer. The Save the Tasmanian Devil Program has established an insurance population, which currently holds over 600 devils in captive fa...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Yuanyuan, Fox, Samantha, Pemberton, David, Hogg, Carolyn, Papenfuss, Anthony T., Belov, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26689946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-015-0143-0