How being synanthropic affects the gut bacteriome and mycobiome: comparison of two mouse species with contrasting ecologies

Abstract Background The vertebrate gastrointestinal tract is colonised by microbiota that have a major effect on the host’s health, physiology and phenotype. Once introduced into captivity, however, the gut microbial composition of free-living individuals can change dramatically. At present, little...

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Main Authors: Barbora Bendová, Jaroslav Piálek, Ľudovít Ďureje, Lucie Schmiedová, Dagmar Čížková, Jean-Francois Martin, Jakub Kreisinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-020-01859-8