Gut Mycobiota of Three Rhinopithecus Species Provide New Insights into the Association Between Diet and Environment.

ABSTRACT: Gut mycobiota are part of the gut microbiome, typically derived from the host diet and living environment. In this study, we examined the gut mycobiota of three snub-nosed monkeys: Rhinopithecus roxellana, R. bieti, and R. strykeri using next-generation amplicon sequencing targeting the fungal internal transcribed spacer. The alpha diversity indexes of gut mycobiota in R. bieti were significantly higher than R. roxellana and R. strykeri, the beta diversity indicated that R. roxellana and R. bieti had more similar feeding habits. Core mycobiota demonstrated commonalities among the three species and potentially associated with feeding habits. Mycobiota displaying significant differences exhibited the respective characteristics of the host, likely associated with the hosts' living environment

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12463750 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature