Effects of Microhabitat Temperature Variations on the Gut Microbiotas of Free-Living Hibernating Animals

ABSTRACT Variations in ambient temperature (Ta) may significantly influence the gut microbiotas of ectothermic and endothermic animals, affecting fitness. It remains unclear, however, whether temperature fluctuations affect the gut microbial communities of hibernating animals during torpor. To inves...

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Published in:	Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors:	Sen Liu, Yanhong Xiao, Xufan Wang, Dongge Guo, Yanmei Wang, Ying Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Subjects:	temperature gut microbiota 16S rRNA gene sequencing hibernation Rhinolophus pusillus
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00433-23