Comparative analysis of gut microbiota between common (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis) and Burmese (M. f. aurea) long-tailed macaques in different habitats.

ABSTRACT: The environment has an important effect on the gut microbiota-an essential part of the host's health-and is strongly influenced by the dietary pattern of the host as these together shape the composition and functionality of the gut microbiota in humans and other animals. This study compared the gut microbiota of Macaca fascicularis fascicularis and M. f. aurea in mangrove and island populations using 16S rRNA gene sequencing on a nanopore platform to investigate the effect of the environment and/or diet. The results revealed that the M. f. fascicularis populations that received anthropogenic food exhibited a higher richness and evenness of gut microbiota than the M. f. aurea populations in different habitats. Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were the two most abundant bacterial phyla in the gu

SUBMITTER: Muhammad R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495367 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature