Marine mammals harbor unique microbiotas shaped by and yet distinct from the sea

Marine mammals play crucial ecological roles in the oceans, but little is known about their microbiotas. Here we study the bacterial communities in 337 samples from 5 body sites in 48 healthy dolphins and 18 healthy sea lions, as well as those of adjacent seawater and other hosts. The bacterial taxo...

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Autores principales: Bik, Elisabeth M., Costello, Elizabeth K., Switzer, Alexandra D., Callahan, Benjamin J., Holmes, Susan P., Wells, Randall S., Carlin, Kevin P., Jensen, Eric D., Venn-Watson, Stephanie, Relman, David A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4742810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10516

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4742810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10516

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