Crosstalk Between Culturomics and Microbial Profiling of Egyptian Mongoose (<i>Herpestes ichneumon</i>) Gut Microbiome.

ABSTRACT: Recently, we unveiled taxonomical and functional differences in Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) gut microbiota across sex and age classes by microbial profiling. In this study, we generate, through culturomics, extended baseline information on the culturable bacterial and fungal microbiome of the species using the same specimens as models. Firstly, this strategy enabled us to explore cultivable microbial community differences across sexes and to ascertain the influence exerted by biological and environmental contexts of each host in its microbiota signature. Secondly, it permitted us to compare the culturomics and microbial profiling approaches and their ability to provide information on mongoose gut microbiota. In agreement with microbial profiling, culturomics showed that

SUBMITTER: Pereira AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7355707 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature