The gut microbiome variability of a butterflyfish increases on severely degraded Caribbean reefs | Communications Biology - Nature.com

The gut microbiome composition of the coral-feeding butterflyfish across Caribbean reefs is more variable at degraded reefs. These microbiomes have a lower abundance of Endozoicomonas and a higher diversity of anaerobic fermentative bacteria.

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