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Spotted Salamander Egg Masses Exhibit A Unique Internal Microbiome In Relation To Their Environment, Elizabeth Leonard
Spotted Salamander Egg Masses Exhibit A Unique Internal Microbiome In Relation To Their Environment, Elizabeth Leonard
Senior Honors Theses
Microbial studies have led to various ecological and medicinal discoveries. Amphibian eggs, like those of Ambystoma maculatum, exhibit natural resistance to bacterial invasion that may be microbiome related. The purpose of this research was to sequence the external and internal microbiome of A. maculatum egg masses and compare with the environmental microbiome. It was hypothesized that the external and internal microbiome would bear more similarity to each other than the water. A significant difference was observed between the microbiome of the inside surface of the egg mass and the water but not the outside surface of the egg and …