Environment and weight class linked to skin microbiome structure of juvenile Eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in human care

• Andrea C. Aplasca ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aplasca@gmail.com (ACA); hale.502@osu.edu (VLH)

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7698-1664

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• Peter B. Johantgen,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Shores Department, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3289-9994

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• Christopher Madden,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Kilmer Soares,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Randall E. Junge,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, Ohio, United States of America

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• Vanessa L. Hale ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vanessa L. Hale, Mark Flint

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

  * E-mail: aplasca@gmail.com (ACA); hale.502@osu.edu (VLH)

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8531-7001

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• Mark Flint

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vanessa L. Hale, Mark Flint

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, One Welfare and Sustainability Center, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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