Consistent patterns in 16S and 18S microbial diversity from the shells of the common and widespread red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta)

• Matthew Parks ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mparks10@uco.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9366-7001

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• Cameron Kedy,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Casey Skalla

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America

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