feces metagenome
Using bacterial and fungal tag-encoded FLX-Titanium amplicon pyrosequencing the microbiota of the fecal material of two blue whales living in the wild off the coast of California was investigated. In both samples the most predominant bacterial phylum was the Firmicutes with Clostridium spp. being the most dominant bacteria. The most predominant fungi were members of the phylum Ascomycota with Metschnikowia spp. being the most dominant.
isolation_source
whale fecal material
collection_date
2015-06
geo_loc_name
Pacific Ocean
lat_lon
not collected
samp_collect_device
dip net
samp_size
2
BioSampleModel
Metagenome or environmental