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Marked seasonal variation in the wild mouse gut microbiota.
The ISME journal - 1 Nov 2015
Maurice Corinne F, Knowles Sarah C L, Ladau Joshua, Pollard Katherine S, Fenton Andy, Pedersen Amy B, Turnbaugh Peter J
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have provided an unprecedented view of the microbial communities colonizing captive mice; yet the host and environmental factors that shape the rodent gut microbiota in their natural habitat remain largely unexplored. Here, we present results from a 2-year 16 S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing-based survey of wild wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) in two nearby woodlands. Similar to other mammals, wild...
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