Development and dynamics of the Soay sheep gut microbiome during the first year of life
Faecal samples from the Soay sheep population on the island of Hirta, St. Kilda, Scotland were analysed by metataxonomics to determine bacterial and archaeal composition. Samples consisted of lambs and adults across two years of sampling (2019-2020), with the aim of deterring assembly dynamics of the gut microbiome in early life, and convergence to an adult microbiome over time.