Description and comparison of the skin and ear canal microbiota of non-allergic and allergic German shepherd dogs using next generation sequencing

• Neoklis Apostolopoulos ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Small Animal Clinic—Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9749-0795

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• Stefanie P. Glaeser ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stefanie.glaeser@umwelt.uni-giessen.de

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Microbiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5258-6195

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• Ruchi Bagwe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Microbiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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• Stefan Janssen,

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

  Affiliation Algorithmic Bioinformatics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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• Ursula Mayer,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Small Animal Clinic AniCura Kleintierspezialisten Augsburg GmbH, Augsburg, Germany

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• Christa Ewers,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Giessen, Germany

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• Peter Kämpfer,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Microbiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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• Reto Neiger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IVC Evidensia DACH, Munich, Germany

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• Nina Thom

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Small Animal Clinic—Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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