Characterization of the intestinal microbiota of the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima.

High-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing has been used to identify the intestinal microbiota of many animal species, but that of marine invertebrate organisms remains largely unknown. There are only a few high-throughput sequencing studies on the intestinal microbiota of echinoderms (non-vertebrate...

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Main Authors: María Pagán-Jiménez, Jean F Ruiz-Calderón, María G Dominguez-Bello, José E García-Arrarás
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.0208011