Low microbiome diversity in threatened amphibians from two biodiversity hotspots

Abstract Microbial diversity positively influences community resilience of the host microbiome. However, extinction risk factors such as habitat specialization, narrow environmental tolerances, and exposure to anthropogenic disturbance may homogenize host-associated microbial communities critical fo...

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Main Authors: Sasha E. Greenspan, Pedro Peloso, Jesualdo A. Fuentes-González, Molly Bletz, Mariana L. Lyra, Ibere F. Machado, Renato A. Martins, Daniel Medina, Diego Moura-Campos, Wesley J. Neely, Jackson Preuss, Marcelo J. Sturaro, Renata I. Vaz, Carlos A. Navas, Luís Felipe Toledo, Alexandro M. Tozetti, Miguel Vences, Douglas C. Woodhams, Célio F. B. Haddad, Jason Pienaar, C. Guilherme Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:Animal Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-022-00220-w