The effects of host ecology and phylogeny on gut microbiota (non)parallelism across birds and mammals
ABSTRACTThe gut microbiota plays a crucial role in the biological function of their hosts since bacteria provide nutrient processing, protection against pathogens, and modulation of the immune system. Thus, as organisms adapt to different ecological niches, their gut microbial communities are though...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-12-01
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| Series: | mSphere |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00442-23 |