organism: gut metagenome
description: we investigated the microbial community composition of intestinal and fecal samples from pygmy sperm whale. The diversity and composition of the gut microbiome was analyzed by sequencing the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene using a barcoded Illumina paired-end sequencing technique.
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2014-05
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: China: wenchang
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: missing
attributes.tag: host
attributes.value: whale
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Metagenome or environmental