Comparing western (Megascops kennicottii) and whiskered (M. trichopsis) screech-owl microbiomes in southern Arizona using a novel 16S rRNA sequencing method
Abstract Microbiomes are essential to a host’s physiology and health. Despite the overall importance of microbiomes to animal health, they remain understudied in wildlife. Microbiomes function as physical barriers to invading pathogens, and changes in the diversity or composition of microbes within...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-07-01
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| Series: | Animal Microbiome |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-022-00196-7 |