Diet & phylogeny shape Antarctic seal gut microbiota

• Main Authors: Nelson, Tiffanie M., Rogers, Tracey L., Carlini, Alejandro R., Brown, Mark V.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: gut microbiota; gut; seal; Antarctica; phocid; mammal; diet; phylogeny; Antarctic; Lubbock; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Leopard Seals; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.54959; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.42f2q/1

Faecal samples were collected from southern elephant seals (n=24) and leopard seals (n=12) in the western Antarctic using rectal swabs. Sterile swabs (Oxoid Australia Pty, SA, Australia)were used and samples were frozen after collection. Faecal samples were collected opportunistically after defecati...