The Oral and Skin Microbiomes of Captive Komodo Dragons Are Significantly Shared with Their Habitat

The Oral and Skin Microbiomes of Captive Komodo Dragons Are Significantly Shared with Their Habitat

ABSTRACT Examining the way in which animals, including those in captivity, interact with their environment is extremely important for studying ecological processes and developing sophisticated animal husbandry. Here we use the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) to quantify the degree of sharing of...

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Main Authors: Embriette R. Hyde, Jose A. Navas-Molina, Se Jin Song, Jordan G. Kueneman, Gail Ackermann, Cesar Cardona, Gregory Humphrey, Don Boyer, Tom Weaver, Joseph R. Mendelson, Valerie J. McKenzie, Jack A. Gilbert, Rob Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-08-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
Komodo dragon
SourceTracker
built environment
human microbiome
microbiome
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00046-16

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00046-16

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