New Publication in Scientific Reports

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Vertically and horizontally transmitted microbial symbionts shape the gut microbiota ontogenesis of a skin-mucus feeding discus fish progeny
Scientific Reports 7:5263 (2017)

This new publication, authored by François-Étienne Sylvain and Nicolas Derome, discusses the gut microbiota acquisition patterns in the Discus fish, which display a unique parenting behaviour by feeding their fry off their own skin mucus in the early life stages.

To read this article, click the link below:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05662-w