Effects of anthropogenic habitat disturbance and Giardia duodenalis infection on a sentinel species' gut bacteria.

ABSTRACT: Habitat disturbance, a common consequence of anthropogenic land use practices, creates human-animal interfaces where humans, wildlife, and domestic species can interact. These altered habitats can influence host-microbe dynamics, leading to potential downstream effects on host physiology and health. Here, we explored the effect of ecological overlap with humans and domestic species and infection with the protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis on the bacteria of black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya), a key sentinel species, in northeastern Argentina. Fecal samples were screened for Giardia duodenalis infection using a nested PCR reaction, and the gut bacterial community was characterized using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Habitat type was correlated with

SUBMITTER: Kuthyar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7790644 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature