Age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica)

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Barbosa, Andrés, Balagué, Vanessa, Valera, Francisco, Martínez, Ana, Benzal, Jesús, Motas, Miguel, Diaz, Julia Inés, Mira, Alex, Pedrós Alió, Carlos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science
• Subjects: microbiota; penguin; gastrointestinal tract; pyrsequencing; Diversity; Antarctica; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Deception Island; Vapour Col; Antarc*; Chinstrap penguin; Pygoscelis antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/48998

The gastrointestinal tract microbiota is known to play very important roles in the well being of animals. It is a complex community composed by hundreds of microbial species interacting closely among them and with their host, that is, a microbial ecosystem. The development of high throughput sequenc...