Investigation into the fungal diversity within different regions of the gastrointestinal tract of Panaque nigrolineatus, a wood-eating fish

Caroline L. Marden, Ryan McDonald, Harold J. Schreier, Joy E.M. Watts

1 School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
3 Department of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Topical Section: Host-Microbe Interactions

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