Impacts of host phylogeny, diet, and geography on the gut microbiome of rodents.

ABSTRACT: Mammalian gut microbial communities are thought to play a variety of important roles in health and fitness, including digestion, metabolism, nutrition, immune response, behavior, and pathogen protection. Gut microbiota diversity among hosts is strongly shaped by diet as well as phylogenetic relationships among hosts. Although various host factors may influence microbial community structure, the relative contribution may vary depending on several variables, such as taxonomic scales of the species studied, dietary patterns, geographic location, and gut physiology. The present study focused on 12 species of rodents representing 3 rodent families and 3 dietary guilds (herbivores, granivores, and omnivores) to evaluate the influence of host phylogeny, dietary guild and geography on microbial di

SUBMITTER: Neha SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11737772 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature