High diversity and unique composition of gut microbiomes in pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales

Abstract Mammals host diverse bacterial and archaeal symbiont communities (i.e. microbiomes) that play important roles in digestive and immune system functioning, yet cetacean microbiomes remain largely unexplored, in part due to sample collection difficulties. Here, fecal samples from stranded pygm...

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Autores principales: Patrick M. Erwin, Ryan G. Rhodes, Kevin B. Kiser, Tiffany F. Keenan-Bateman, William A. McLellan, D. Ann Pabst
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/47eb389f55534891a189c96ab39d4a68
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