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SUBMITTER: Chiarello M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5681658 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chiarello M M Villéger S S Bouvier C C Auguet J C JC Bouvier T T
Scientific reports 20171110 1
Marine animals surfaces host diverse microbial communities, which play major roles for host's health. Most inventories of marine animal surface microbiota have focused on corals and fishes, while cetaceans remain overlooked. The few studies focused on wild cetaceans, making difficult to distinguish intrinsic inter- and/or intraspecific variability in skin microbiota from environmental effects. We used high-throughput sequencing to assess the skin microbiota from 4 body zones of 8 bottlenose dolp ...[more]