Chemical composition and microbiota changes across musk secretion stages of forest musk deer

Forest musk deer is the most important animal for natural musk production, and the musk composition changes periodically during musk secretion, accompanied by variation in the com-position of deer-symbiotic bacteria. GC-MS and 16S rRNA sequencing were conducted in this study, the dynamic changes to...

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Main Authors: Zhongxian Xu, Feng Li, Qian Liu, Tianyuan Ma, Xiaolan Feng, Guijun Zhao, Dejun Zeng, Diyan Li, Hang Jie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1322316/full