Exploring the potential effects of forest urbanization on the interplay between small mammal communities and their gut microbiota

Abstract Urbanization significantly impacts wild populations, favoring urban dweller species over those that are unable to adapt to rapid changes. These differential adaptative abilities could be mediated by the microbiome, which may modulate the host phenotype rapidly through a high degree of flexi...

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Main Authors: Marie Bouilloud, Maxime Galan, Julien Pradel, Anne Loiseau, Julien Ferrero, Romain Gallet, Benjamin Roche, Nathalie Charbonnel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-03-01
Series:Animal Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-024-00301-y