The Intestinal Eukaryotic and Bacterial Biome of Spotted Hyenas: The Impact of Social Status and Age on Diversity and Composition

The Intestinal Eukaryotic and Bacterial Biome of Spotted Hyenas: The Impact of Social Status and Age on Diversity and Composition

In mammals, two factors likely to affect the diversity and composition of intestinal bacteria (bacterial microbiome) and eukaryotes (eukaryome) are social status and age. In species in which social status determines access to resources, socially dominant animals maintain better immune processes and...

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Main Authors: Emanuel Heitlinger, Susana C. M. Ferreira, Dagmar Thierer, Heribert Hofer, Marion L. East
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
eukaryotome
eukaryome
parasites
amplicon sequencing
spotted hyena
social status
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00262/full

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