The Oral and Skin Microbiomes of Captive Komodo Dragons Are Significantly Shared with Their Habitat.

While the precise implications of the nature of host-environment microbiome sharing in captivity compared to that in the wild are unknown, an increased incidence of disease in urbanized humans as well as in captive animals compared to their wild counterparts suggests that the consequences may be significant ( 15 ).

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