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Microbiome shifts associated with the introduction of wild Atlantic horseshoe crabs ( <i>Limulus polyphemus</i> ) into a touch-tank exhibit
2020-02-28
Abstract excerpt
The Atlantic horseshoe crab ( Limulus polyphemus ) is a common marine aquarium species and model organism for research. There is potential monetary and conservation value in developing a stable captive population of horseshoe crabs, however, one major impediment to achieving captivity is a lack of knowledge regarding captive diseases. We utilized 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to track changes in the microbiom...
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- Literature Corpus work
- beb96bfe-c79e-5e99-b941-3a710868a18d
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.02.27.968784
