Interspecies and spatial differences in the shell microbiome of Atlantic rock crab Cancer irrotatus and European green crab Carcinus maenas from Atlantic Canada

Interspecies and spatial differences in the shell microbiome of Atlantic rock crab Cancer irrotatus and European green crab Carcinus maenas from Atlantic Canada

IntroductionThe native Atlantic rock crab (Cancer irrotatus) and the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) are commercially and ecologically important crustacean species in Atlantic Canada. The importance of microbiomes for host health and ecology has been recognized in many species, althou...

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Main Authors: Svenja Koepper, Shannon Kelley, Krishna Kumar Thakur, K. Fraser Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
crustacean microbiome
microbial diversity
QIIME2
microbial ecology
Illumina MiSeq
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1152544/full

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