Microbiome

Table 1 M. lucifugus hibernaculum sites information in Manitoba and Québec provinces

From: Enrichment of beneficial bacteria in the skin microbiota of bats persisting with white-nose syndrome

Sites	Province	Hibernaculum	Rock	Pre-WNS count	Total count 2015–2016	Sampling dates
Abyss	Manitoba	Cave	Dolomite	NA	399	08/02/2016
Dale’s	Manitoba	Cave	Dolomite	NA	385	08/02/2016
Microwave	Manitoba	Cave	Dolomite	NA	30	09/02/2016
Emerald	Québec	Mine	Pyroxenite	735^a	18	04/03/2016
Laflèche	Québec	Cave	Calcite	450^a	155	23/11/2015
Lames	Québec	Cave	Calcite	Unknown^b	105	24/11/2015

^a2009–2010
^bFirst count of 96 bats was in 2012–2013, after the arrival of WNS in the area

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