Humanization of wildlife gut microbiota in urban environments

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Urbanization is rapidly altering Earth’s environments, demanding investigation of the impacts on resident wildlife. Here, we show that urban populations of coyotes ( Canis latrans ), crested anole lizards ( Anolis cristatellus ), and white-crowned sparrows ( Zonotrichia leucophrys ) acquire gut microbiota constituents found in humans, including gut bacterial lineages associated with urbanization in humans....

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