Nearly (?) sterile avian egg in a passerine bird
M. Tesicky, L. Schmiedova, T. Krajzingrova, M. Gomez Samblas, P. Bauerova, J. Kreisinger, M. Vinkler
The paper investigates the microbiome of avian eggs and embryos in great tits, finding the egg nearly sterile and bacterial colonization occurring post-hatching.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2023Microbiology