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Captivity reduces diversity and shifts composition of the Brown Kiwi microbiome

BACKGROUND: Captive rearing is often critical for animals that are vulnerable to extinction in the wild. However, few studies have investigated the extent to which captivity impacts hosts and their gut microbiota, despite mounting evidence indicating that host health is affected by gut microbes. We...

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Autores principales: San Juan, Priscilla A., Castro, Isabel, Dhami, Manpreet K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34238378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00109-0