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Lead Researcher(s): <\/strong>Rose Chinly Mae H. Ortega-Kindica, Chinee S. Padasas-Adalla, and Sharon Rose M. Tabugo Abstract\/summary:<\/strong> This study analyzed the community of bacteria present on the epidermal layer of\u00a0<\/span>Hippocampus barbouri\u00a0<\/span><\/em>using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. A total of 103 Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) comprising 61 unique bacterial species were identified, with female samples exhibiting a higher read count (164,844) compared to males (142,525). The predominant bacterial phyla include Pseudomonadota<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Bacteroidota<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Bacillota<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Actinomycetota<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>and Cyanobacteriota<\/span>,<\/em>\u00a0with Pseudomonadota being prevalent for both samples comprising 50% for females and 53.33% for males.\u00a0<\/span>Shewanella baltica<\/em>\u00a0was the most abundant species found on female skin, likely due to their increased mobility and exposure to shallow marine waters. Identified bacterial families includes Flavobacteriaceae<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Pseudomonadaceae<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Moraxellaceae<\/span>,<\/em>\u00a0and Vibrionaceae. The greater bacterial diversity observed in female samples in this study may be attributed to their broader range of movement and environmental interactions. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed species relationships and suggested that seahorse mobility plays a role in shaping skin microbiota. These findings highlight sex-specific differences in microbial composition and emphasize the potential influence of host-microbiome interactions in marine organisms.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Keywords:<\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_text=”Downloadable PDF” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” button_url=”https:\/\/microbiologyjournal.org\/species-level-identification-of-sex-specific-variations-in-dermal-microbial-communities-associated-with-hippocampus-barbouri\/” url_new_window=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#8A1538″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lead Researcher(s): Rose Chinly Mae H. Ortega-Kindica, Chinee S. Padasas-Adalla, and Sharon Rose M. TabugoStatus: Published Abstract\/summary: This study analyzed the community of bacteria present on the epidermal layer of\u00a0Hippocampus barbouri\u00a0using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. A total of 103 Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) comprising 61 unique bacterial species were identified, with female samples exhibiting a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[37],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3127","project","type-project","status-publish","hentry","project_category-journals-books-and-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/3127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/3127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3130,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/3127\/revisions\/3130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=3127"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=3127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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