Marine mammals harbor unique microbiotas shaped by and yet distinct from the sea

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bik, Elisabeth M ^a,b   Costello, Elizabeth K ^a   Switzer, Alexandra D ^a   Callahan, Benjamin J ^c   Holmes, Susan P ^c   Wells, Randall S ^d   Carlin, Kevin P ^e   Jensen, Eric D ^f   Venn Watson, Stephanie ^e   Relman, David A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

DOLPHIN; HOST SPECIFICITY; MARINE MAMMAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPED; RNA; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; DIET; DOLPHIN; HABITAT; HOST; INTESTINE FLORA; MARINE MAMMAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; OTARIIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SEA; STOMACH JUICE; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOUTH; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; MAMMALIA; MOLLICUTES; OTARIIDAE;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; MICROBIOTA; MOUTH; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEA LIONS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TENERICUTES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84957544321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10516     Document Type: Article

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