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Fig. 1 | Animal Microbiome

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From: Microbial community changes correlate with impaired host fitness of Aurelia aurita after environmental challenge

Fig. 1

Study design of the host-fitness experiment. (A) The life cycle of Aurelia aurita alternates between pelagic medusae and benthic polyps. The host-fitness experiments were conducted with polyps exposed to increased temperature and salinity. (B) Each treatment comprised 96 native (n) or sterile (s) polyps (the latter were kept under sterile conditions throughout the experiment). Control conditions included a salinity of 30 PSU and an ambient temperature of 20 °C. Salinity was increased to 40 PSU (salt) or 37 PSU (fo); temperature was raised to 30 °C (temp) or 25 PSU (fo)

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Animal Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-4671