Wild Hellbender Dorsal Skin Microbiome

Skin swabs to compare dorsal skin microbial communities via 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing between Ozark Hellbenders of Arkansas and Eastern Hellbenders of Tennessee. Also explores difference by age class, size, Bd infection and severity of chronic toe lesions

本数据集采用皮肤拭子样本，通过16S rRNA扩增子测序技术，对比阿肯色州奥扎克隐鳃鲵（Ozark Hellbenders）与田纳西州东方隐鳃鲵（Eastern Hellbenders）的背部皮肤微生物群落；同时分析了年龄组别、个体体型、Bd（蛙壶菌）感染状态以及慢性脚趾病变严重程度带来的背部皮肤微生物群落差异。