PRJNA668332
Microbiota of the armature of a blue-whale skeleton
Samples were taken from the surface of the phalanges dismounted from the flippers of the whale skeleton deposited in the Natural History Museum in London, UK. The total DNA was extracted from adhesive tapes (number1= Flipper Phalange n.5 epiphysis; 8 =Flipper Phalange n.13 epiphysis not biodeteriorated; 10 = Flipper Phalange n.13 epiphysis biodeteriorated)