Factors shaping the abundance and diversity of the gut archaeome across the animal kingdom - Nature.com

Here, by analyzing 250 species of animals covering a large taxonomic spectrum, the authors show that archaea are common constituent of the animal gut throughout the animal kingdom, and identify six main genera/families of gut archaea revealing their abundance…

Archaea are present in the gut microbiome throughout the animal kingdom We analysed samples from 250 species of animals (n=341 samples) ranging from invertebrates to mammals the majority of which, e… [+45208 chars]

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