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SUMMARY
To identify factors that explain microbial diversity patterns in a geographical subset of marine fish, the authors analyzed the microbiota (gill tissue, skin mucus, midgut digesta and hindgut digesta) from 101 species of Southern California marine fishes, spanning 22 orders, 55 families and 83 genera, representing ~25% of local marine fish diversity. The authors show that body site is the strongest driver of microbial diversity while microbial biomass and diversity is lowest in the gill of larger, pelagic fishes. In a quantitative synthesis of vertebrate hindguts (569 species), the authors also show that mammals . . .
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