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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zhu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382091 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in microbiology 20210809
Gut microbiota during early life could influence host fitness in vertebrates. Studies on how gut microbiota colonize the gut in birds using frequent sampling during early developmental stages and how shifts in microbiota diversity influence host growth are lacking. Here, we examine the microbiome profiles of 151 fecal samples from 14 young crested ibis (<i>Nipponia nippon</i>), an endangered bird species, collected longitudinally across 13 time points during the early stages of development and i ...[more]