A Comparison of the Intestinal Fungal Community in Wild and Captive Himalayan Vultures (<i>Gyps himalayensis</i>).

ABSTRACT: In this study, we systematically analyzed the ecological response mechanism of the intestinal fungal community of the endangered species, the Himalayan vultures (Gyps himalayensis), concerning the survival differences between wild and captive environments. Based on its high-throughput sequencing technology, the key features such as species composition analysis, α/β diversity assessment, principal coordinate analysis, and correlation network analysis revealed that the captive environment led to the complexity of the fungal community structure, the turnover of the core flora, and the increase in the complexity of the intergeneric interactions network. It was further shown by FUNGuild functional annotation that the relative abundance of undefined saprotroph functional taxa in the wild

SUBMITTER: Li F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12445988 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature