Characterizing the microbiota in gastrointestinal tract segments of Rhabdophis subminiatus: Dynamic changes and functional predictions

Abstract The gut microbiota helps the host to absorb nutrients and generate immune responses that can affect host behavior, development, reproduction, and overall health. However, in most of the previous studies, microbiota was sampled mainly using feces and intestinal contents from mammals but not...

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Main Authors: Wenjiao Tang, Guangxiang Zhu, Qian Shi, Shijun Yang, Tianyuan Ma, Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Anxiang Wen, Huailiang Xu, Qin Wang, Yanzhi Jiang, Jiayun Wu, Meng Xie, Yongfang Yao, Diyan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.789