Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves
Abstract In mammals, the gut microbiome is vertically transmitted during maternal lactation at birth. In this study, we investigated the gut microbiome and diets of muskox, a large herbivore inhabiting in the high Arctic. We compared the microbiota composition using bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencin...
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crwiley:10.1002/ece3.8879 2024-06-02T08:02:15+00:00 Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves Cheon, Ji‐Yeon Cho, Hyunjun Kim, Mincheol Park, Hyun Je Park, Tae‐Yoon S. Lee, Won Young Korea Polar Research Institute 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8879 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.8879 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.8879 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ecology and Evolution volume 12, issue 5 ISSN 2045-7758 2045-7758 journal-article 2022 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8879 2024-05-03T11:18:09Z Abstract In mammals, the gut microbiome is vertically transmitted during maternal lactation at birth. In this study, we investigated the gut microbiome and diets of muskox, a large herbivore inhabiting in the high Arctic. We compared the microbiota composition using bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing and diets using stable isotope analysis of muskox feces of six female adults and four calves on Ella Island, East Greenland. Firmicutes were the most abundant bacterial phylum in both the adults and calves, comprising 94.36% and 94.03%, respectively. Significant differences were observed in the relative abundance of the two Firmicutes families. The adults were primarily dominated by Ruminococcaceae (73.90%), and the calves were dominated by both Ruminococcaceae (56.25%) and Lachnospiraceae (24.00%). Stable isotope analysis of the feces in the study area revealed that both adults and calves had similar ranges of 13 C and 15 N, likely derived from the dominant diet plants. Despite their similar diets, the different gut microbiome compositions in muskox adults and calves indicate that the gut microbiome of the calves may not be fully colonized to the extent of that of the adults. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic East Greenland Greenland muskox Wiley Online Library Arctic Greenland Ecology and Evolution 12 5 |
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Abstract In mammals, the gut microbiome is vertically transmitted during maternal lactation at birth. In this study, we investigated the gut microbiome and diets of muskox, a large herbivore inhabiting in the high Arctic. We compared the microbiota composition using bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing and diets using stable isotope analysis of muskox feces of six female adults and four calves on Ella Island, East Greenland. Firmicutes were the most abundant bacterial phylum in both the adults and calves, comprising 94.36% and 94.03%, respectively. Significant differences were observed in the relative abundance of the two Firmicutes families. The adults were primarily dominated by Ruminococcaceae (73.90%), and the calves were dominated by both Ruminococcaceae (56.25%) and Lachnospiraceae (24.00%). Stable isotope analysis of the feces in the study area revealed that both adults and calves had similar ranges of 13 C and 15 N, likely derived from the dominant diet plants. Despite their similar diets, the different gut microbiome compositions in muskox adults and calves indicate that the gut microbiome of the calves may not be fully colonized to the extent of that of the adults. |
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Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
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Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
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Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
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Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
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Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
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fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
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