Different gut microbial types were found in captive striped hamsters.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Typing analysis has become a popular approach to categorize individual differences in studies of animal gut microbial communities. However, previous definitions of gut microbial types were more understood as a passive reaction process to different external interferences, as most studies involve diverse environmental variables. We wondered whether distinct gut microbial types can also occur in animals under the same external environment. Moreover, the role of host sex in shaping gut microbiota has been widely reported; thus, the current study preliminarily explores the effects of sex on potential different microbial types.

Methods

Here, adult striped hamsters Cricetulus barabensis of different sexes were housed under the same controlled laboratory conditions

SUBMITTER: Fan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10634337 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature