Bacterial community structure and function distinguish gut sites in captive red-shanked doucs (Pygathrix nemaeus).

ABSTRACT: The mammalian order primates contains wide species diversity. Members of the subfamily Colobinae are unique amongst extant primates in that their gastrointestinal systems more closely resemble those of ruminants than other members of the primate order. In the growing literature surrounding nonhuman primate microbiomes, analysis of microbial communities has been limited to the hindgut, since few studies have captured data on other gut sites, including the foregut of colobine primates. In this study, we used the red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) as a model for colobine primates to study the relationship between gastrointestinal bacterial community structure and gut site within and between subjects. We analyzed fecal and pregastric stomach content samples, representative of the hindgut and

SUBMITTER: Clayton JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800578 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature