First Descriptive Analysis of the Faecal Microbiota of Wild and Anthropized Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus) in the Region of Bejaia, Northeast Algeria.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has revealed the gut microbiota profile of several primate species, as well as the impact of a variety of anthropogenic factors, such as tourist food supply, on these bacterial communities. However, there is no information on the gut microbiota of the endangered wild Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus). The present study is the first to characterize the faecal microbiota of this species, as well as to investigate the impact of tourist food provisioning on it. A total of 12 faecal samples were collected in two groups of M. sylvanus in the region of Bejaia in Algeria. The first group-a tourist-provisioned one-was located in the tourist area of the Gouraya National Park and the second group-a wild-feeding one-was located in the proximity of the village of Mezouara in the fores

SUBMITTER: Boumenir M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8869477 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature