Evaluation of Gut Microbiota Stability and Flexibility as a Response to Seasonal Variation in the Wild Francois' Langurs (Trachypithecus francoisi) in Limestone Forest.

ABSTRACT: The coevolution between gut microbiota and the host markedly influences the digestive strategies of animals to cope with changes in food sources. We have explored the compositional structure and seasonal variation in the gut microbiota of François' langur in a limestone forest in Guangxi, southwest China, using 16S rRNA sequencing. Our results demonstrated that Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were the dominant phyla in langurs, followed by Oscillospiraceae, Christensenellaceae, and Lachnospiraceae at the family level. The top five dominant phyla did not show significant seasonal variations, and only 21 bacterial taxa differed at the family level, indicating stability in gut the microbiota possibly with respect to foraging for several dominant plants and high

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10433995 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature