Characteristics of microbial communities and intestinal pathogenic bacteria for migrated Larus ridibundus in southwest China.

ABSTRACT: Larus ridibundus, a migratory wild bird, has become one of the most popular gull species in southwest China in recent years. There has been no information on the gut microbiota and intestinal pathogenic bacteria configuration in wild L. ridibundus, even though the public are in close contact with this bird. In this study, 16S rRNA amplicon-sequencing methods were used to describe the microbial community structure and intestinal pathogenic bacteria were isolated to identify their characteristics. The taxonomic results revealed that Firmicutes (86%), Proteobacteria (10%), and Tenericutes (3%) were the three most abundant phyla in the gut of L. ridibundus. Enterococcaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, and Mycoplasmataceae were the most predominant families, respectively. The number of operational taxo

SUBMITTER: Liao F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6460275 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature