Microbial environment shapes immune function and cloacal microbiota dynamics in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata

Microbial environment shapes immune function and cloacal microbiota dynamics in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata

Abstract Background The relevance of the host microbiota to host ecology and evolution is well acknowledged. However, the effect of the microbial environment on host immune function and host microbiota dynamics is understudied in terrestrial vertebrates. Using a novel experimental approach centered...

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Main Authors: H. Pieter J. van Veelen, Joana Falcão Salles, Kevin D. Matson, Marco van der Velde, B. Irene Tieleman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Animal Microbiome
Subjects:
Ecological immunology
Microbial environment
Host-microbiota interactions
Microbiota dynamics
Avian microbiota
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42523-020-00039-3

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