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Temporal and Regional Variability in the Skin Microbiome of Humpback Whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

The skin is the first line of defense between an animal and its environment, and disruptions in skin-associated microorganisms can be linked to an animal's health and nutritional state. To better understand the skin microbiome of large whales, high-throughput sequencing of partial small subunit...

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Autores principales: Bierlich, K. C., Miller, Carolyn, DeForce, Emelia, Friedlaender, Ari S., Johnston, David W., Apprill, Amy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5812929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29269499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02574-17