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Macrobdella decora : Old World Leech Gut Microbial Community Structure Conserved in a New World Leech

Published:2021-04-27 Issue:10 Volume:87 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

McClure Emily Ann¹^ORCID,Nelson Michael C.¹^ORCID,Lin Amy¹,Graf Joerg¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

2. Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

Abstract

Building evidence implicates the gut microbiome in critical animal functions such as regulating digestion, nutrition, immune regulation, and development. Simplified, phylogenetically diverse models for hypotheses testing are necessary because of the difficulty of assigning causative relationships in complex gut microbiomes.

Funder

HHS | National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.02082-20

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