The microbiota in the intestinal and respiratory tracts of naked mole-rats revealed by high-throughput sequencing

Abstract Background The naked mole-rat (NMR, Heterocephalus glaber) is being bred as a novel laboratory animal due to its unique biological characteristics, including longevity, cancer resistance, hypoxia tolerance, and pain insensitivity. It is expected that differences exist between the microbiota...

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Main Authors: Wei Cong, Jin Xing, Yufang Feng, Ji Wang, Rui Fu, Bingfei Yue, Zhengming He, Lifang Lin, Wenjing Yang, Jishuai Cheng, Wei Sun, Shufang Cui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1226-4