Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota between Wild and Captive Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys.

ABSTRACT: Environmental shifts and dietary habits could directly affect the gut microbiota of animals. In this study, we investigated the gut microbiota of golden snub-nosed monkeys under two different conditions: captive and wild. Our study adopted a non-invasive sampling method, using full-length 16S rRNA Pacbio SMAT sequencing technology to compare the gut microbiota of wild and captive golden snub-nosed monkeys. The results showed that the captive populations had higher alpha diversity than the wild populations, and there were also significant differences in beta diversity. The linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) analysis showed 39 distinctly different taxonomic units. At the phylum level, the most dominant bacteria under captive and wild conditions were Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10215246 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature