Gut microbial diversity in two insectivorous bats: Insights into the effect of different sampling sources

Abstract The gut microbiota is now known as a key factor in mammalian physiology and health. Our understanding of the gut microbial communities and their effects on ecology and evolution of their hosts is extremely limited in bats which represent the second largest mammalian order. In the current st...

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Main Authors: Haonan Wu, Yutong Xing, Haijian Sun, Xiuguang Mao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-04-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.670