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- who: Cloaca and collaborators from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the research: Age-related differences in the cloacal microbiota of a wild bird species, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- what: The authors show that the kittiwake hosts diverse assemblage of bacteria. greater number of total bacterial OTUs (operational taxonomic units) were identified in chicks than adults and chicks appeared to host greater number of OTUs that were only isolated from single individuals. The authors focus the analyses on cloacal assemblages because they are known to approximate assemblages deeper within the gastrointestinal tract while requiring relatively non-invasive . . .
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