A survey of the sperm whale ( Physeter catodon) commensal microbiome

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Li, Chang, Tan, Xiaoxuan, Bai, Jie, Xu, Qiwu, Liu, Shanshan, Guo, Wenjie, Yu, Cong, Fan, Guangyi, Lu, Yishan, Zhang, He, Yang, Huanming, Chen, Jianwei, Liu, Xin
• Other Authors: The National Key Research and Development Program of China, Shenzhen Peacock Plan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ 2019
• Subjects: Catodon; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7257; https://peerj.com/articles/7257.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/7257.xml; https://peerj.com/articles/7257.html

Background Mammalian commensal microbiota play important roles in the health of its host. In comparison to terrestrial mammals, commensal microbiota of marine mammals is mainly focused on the composition and function of skin and gut microbiota, with less attention paid to the health impact of bacter...