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Skin and gut microbiomes of a wild mammal respond to different environmental cues

BACKGROUND: Animal skin and gut microbiomes are important components of host fitness. However, the processes that shape the microbiomes of wildlife are poorly understood, particularly with regard to exposure to environmental contaminants. We used 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to quantify how exposure...

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Autores principales: Lavrinienko, Anton, Tukalenko, Eugene, Mappes, Tapio, Watts, Phillip C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6258405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30477569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0595-0