Variation in Bat Guano Bacterial Community Composition With Depth

Bats are known to be reservoirs for a variety of mammalian pathogens, including viruses, fungi, and bacteria. Many of the studies examining the microbial community inhabiting bats have investigated bacterial taxa found within specific bat tissues and isolated bat guano pellets, but relatively few st...

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Main Authors: Molli M. Newman, Laura N. Kloepper, Makenzie Duncan, John A. McInroy, Joseph W. Kloepper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00914/full