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Objectives
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Disentangling the diversity patterns of the cave microbiome on different substrates and in different microclimatic conditions (e.g. different temperatures), and identifying the possible commonalities with surface microbiomes (e.g. soil, water).
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Decoding gut microbiome diversity in oligotrophic and chemoautotrophic cave representatives at different food levels.
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Parallelisms and convergences between cave invertebrates and their gut symbionts as an adaptation to low food.
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The resistome analysis by identifying new cave bacteria with natural antibiotic resistance and menaquinones (MK, vitamin K) synthesis, and experiments on their possible use for human health.
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