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No impact of a short-term climatic “El Niño” fluctuation on gut microbial diversity in populations of the Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

Gut microorganisms are crucial for many biological functions playing a pivotal role in the host’s well-being. We studied gut bacterial community structure of marine iguana populations across the Galápagos archipelago. Marine iguanas depend heavily on their specialized gut microbiome for the digestio...

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Autores principales: Ibáñez, Alejandro, Bletz, Molly C., Quezada, Galo, Geffers, Robert, Jarek, Michael, Vences, Miguel, Steinfartz, Sebastian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7854437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33528676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-020-01714-w