The Pacific harbor seal gut microbiota in Mexico: Its relationship with diet and functional inferences.

Diet is a primary driver of the composition of gut microbiota and is considered one of the main routes of microbial colonization. Prey identification is fundamental for correlating the diet with the presence of particular microbial groups. The present study examined how diet influenced the compositi...

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Main Authors: Arlette Pacheco-Sandoval, Yolanda Schramm, Gisela Heckel, Elizabeth Brassea-Pérez, Marcel Martínez-Porchas, Asunción Lago-Lestón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221770