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A Risky Business? Habitat and Social Behavior Impact Skin and Gut Microbiomes in Caribbean Cleaning Gobies

The broadstripe cleaning goby Elacatinus prochilos has two alternative ecotypes: sponge-dwellers, which live in large groups and feed mainly upon nematode parasites; and coral-dwellers, that live in small groups or in solitude and behave as cleaners. Recent studies focusing on the skin and gut micro...

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Autores principales: Xavier, Raquel, Mazzei, Renata, Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Rosado, Daniela, Santos, Joana L., Veríssimo, Ana, Soares, Marta C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6467100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31024495
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00716