Environmental filtering increases with elevation for the assembly of gut microbiota in wild pikas

Summary Despite their important roles in host nutrition, metabolism and adaptability, the knowledge on how the mammalian gut microbial community assemble is relatively scanty, especially regarding the ecological mechanisms that govern microbiota along environmental gradients. To address this, we sur...

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Main Authors: Huan Li, Rui Zhou, Jianxiao Zhu, Xiaodan Huang, Jiapeng Qu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-09-01
Series:Microbial Biotechnology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13450