A Risky Business? Habitat and Social Behavior Impact Skin and Gut Microbiomes in Caribbean Cleaning Gobies

A Risky Business? Habitat and Social Behavior Impact Skin and Gut Microbiomes in Caribbean Cleaning Gobies

The broadstripe cleaning goby Elacatinus prochilos has two alternative ecotypes: sponge-dwellers, which live in large groups and feed mainly upon nematode parasites; and coral-dwellers, that live in small groups or in solitude and behave as cleaners. Recent studies focusing on the skin and gut micro...

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Main Authors: Raquel Xavier, Renata Mazzei, Marcos Pérez-Losada, Daniela Rosado, Joana L. Santos, Ana Veríssimo, Marta C. Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
E. prochilos
ecotypes
pathogens
coral-dwellers
sponge-dwellers
social contamination
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00716/full

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