Microclimate shapes the phylosymbiosis of rodent gut microbiota in Jordan's Great Rift Valley.

ABSTRACT: Host phylogeny and the environment play vital roles in shaping animal microbiomes. However, the effects of these variables on the diversity and richness of the gut microbiome in different bioclimatic zones remain underexplored. In this study, we investigated the effects of host phylogeny and bioclimatic zone on the diversity and composition of the gut microbiota of two heterospecific rodent species, the spiny mouse Acomys cahirinus and the house mouse Mus musculus, in three bioclimatic zones of the African Great Rift Valley (GRV). We confirmed host phylogeny using the D-loop sequencing method and analyzed the influence of host phylogeny and bioclimatic zone parameters on the rodent gut microbiome using high-throughput amplicon sequencing of 16S rRNA gene fragments. Phy

SUBMITTER: Al-Khlifeh E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637782 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature