Humpback whales harbour a combination of specific and variable skin bacteria.

@article{Apprill2011HumpbackWH,
  title={Humpback whales harbour a combination of specific and variable skin bacteria.},
  author={Amy Apprill and T. Aran Mooney and Edward Lyman and Alison K Stimpert and Michael S. Rapp{\'e}},
  journal={Environmental microbiology reports},
  year={2011},
  volume={3 2},
  pages={
          223-32
        }
}
Investigations of marine mammal skin-associated microbiota are limited to cultivation-based studies of lesioned individuals, resulting in a lack of understanding about the composition of 'normal' skin-associated microbial communities, their variation among individuals, and whether or not the microbial communities change with host health or environmental exposures. In this study, bacterial communities associated with the skin of 19 North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae… 
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