Biodiversity of carapace epibiont diatoms in loggerhead sea turtles (
Biodiversity
Caretta caretta
Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
Epibionts
The Mediterranean Sea
Turkey
Journal
PeerJ
ISSN: 2167-8359
Titre abrégé: PeerJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101603425
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
20
03
2020
accepted:
02
06
2020
entrez:
4
8
2020
pubmed:
4
8
2020
medline:
4
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The Aegean Sea coast of Turkey hosts one of the most important nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles ( This is the first time such a high number (39) of samples collected from nesting turtles during such a long time period (extending from 2011 to 2018) has been used for the study of the diatom component of the microbiome on the turtle carapaces. A total of 33 samples were investigated in terms of light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Six unprocessed biofilm fragments were subject to SEM observations. A total of 457 epizoic diatom taxa belonging to 86 genera were identified. Epizoic forms, e.g.,
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The Aegean Sea coast of Turkey hosts one of the most important nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (
METHODS
METHODS
This is the first time such a high number (39) of samples collected from nesting turtles during such a long time period (extending from 2011 to 2018) has been used for the study of the diatom component of the microbiome on the turtle carapaces. A total of 33 samples were investigated in terms of light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Six unprocessed biofilm fragments were subject to SEM observations.
RESULTS
RESULTS
A total of 457 epizoic diatom taxa belonging to 86 genera were identified. Epizoic forms, e.g.,
Identifiants
pubmed: 32742770
doi: 10.7717/peerj.9406
pii: 9406
pmc: PMC7370927
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e9406Informations de copyright
©2020 Kaleli et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare there are no competing interests.
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