Alteration of gut microbiota in wild-borne long-tailed macaques after 1-year being housed in hygienic captivity.

ABSTRACT: The wild-born long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) were recently recruited and used as breeders for the National Primate Research Center of Thailand, Chulalongkorn University (NPRCT-CU), and changes in their in-depth gut microbiota profiles were investigated. The Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) was used to explore full-length 16S rDNA sequences of gut microbiota in animals once captured in their natural habitat and 1-year following translocation and housing in a hygienic environment at NPRCT-CU. Our findings show that the gut microbiota of macaques after 1 year of hygienic housing and programmed diets feeding was altered and reshaped. The prevalent gut bacteria such as Prevotella copri and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii were enriched after translocation, causing the lower alpha divers

SUBMITTER: Sawaswong V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10085984 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature