Study identifies whale blow microbiome

(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) A new study by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and colleagues identified for the first time an extensive conserved group of bacteria within healthy humpback whales' blow--the moist breath that whales spray out of their blowholes when they exhale. The research published Oct. 10, 2017, in mSystems, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - October 10, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news