Assessing the validity of fecal sampling for characterizing variation in threespine stickleback's gut microbiota.

The gut microbiota is crucial for many aspects of their hosts' biology, and it has been characterized for many species across the animal kingdom. Yet, we still don't have a good understanding of whether non-lethal sampling can accurately capture the diversity of gut-associated bacterial co...

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Main Authors: Andreas Härer, Diana J Rennison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290875