Age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica)
The gastrointestinal tract microbiota is known to play very important roles in the well being of animals. It is a complex community composed by hundreds of microbial species interacting closely among them and with their host, that is, a microbial ecosystem. The development of high throughput sequenc...
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ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/48998 2023-10-09T21:45:44+02:00 Age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica) Barbosa, Andrés Balagué, Vanessa Valera, Francisco Martínez, Ana Benzal, Jesús Motas, Miguel Diaz, Julia Inés Mira, Alex Pedrós Alió, Carlos application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/48998 eng eng Public Library of Science info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0153215 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0153215 http://hdl.handle.net/11336/48998 Barbosa, Andrés; Balagué, Vanessa; Valera, Francisco; Martínez, Ana; Benzal, Jesús; et al.; Age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica); Public Library of Science; Plos One; 11; 4; 4-2016; 1-17; e0153215 1932-6203 CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ microbiota penguin gastrointestinal tract pyrsequencing Diversity Antarctica https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153215 2023-09-24T19:02:51Z The gastrointestinal tract microbiota is known to play very important roles in the well being of animals. It is a complex community composed by hundreds of microbial species interacting closely among them and with their host, that is, a microbial ecosystem. The development of high throughput sequencing techniques allows studying the diversity of such communities in a realistic way and considerable work has been carried out in mammals and some birds such as chickens. Wild birds have received less attention and in particular, in the case of penguins, only a few individuals of five species have been examined with molecular techniques. We collected cloacal samples from Chinstrap penguins in the Vapour Col rookery in Deception Island, Antarctica, and carried out pyrosequencing of the V1-V3 region of the 16S rDNA in samples from 53 individuals, 27 adults and 26 chicks. This provided the first description of the Chinstrap penguin gastrointestinal tract microbiota and the most extensive in any penguin species. Firmicutes, Bacteoridetes, Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Tenericutes were the main components. There were large differences between chicks and adults. The former had more Firmicutes and the latter more Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria. In addition, adults had richer and more diverse bacterial communities than chicks. These differences were also observed between parents and their offspring. On the other hand, nests explained differences in bacterial communities only among chicks. We suggest that environmental factors have a higher importance than genetic factors in the microbiota composition of chicks. The results also showed surprisingly large differences in community composition with other Antarctic penguins including the congeneric Adélie and Gentoo penguins. Fil: Barbosa, Andrés. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; España Fil: Balagué, Vanessa. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar; España Fil: ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Chinstrap penguin Deception Island Pygoscelis antarctica CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Antarctic Deception Island ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-62.950,-62.950) Vapour Col ENVELOPE(-60.728,-60.728,-62.977,-62.977) PLOS ONE 11 4 e0153215 |
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The gastrointestinal tract microbiota is known to play very important roles in the well being of animals. It is a complex community composed by hundreds of microbial species interacting closely among them and with their host, that is, a microbial ecosystem. The development of high throughput sequencing techniques allows studying the diversity of such communities in a realistic way and considerable work has been carried out in mammals and some birds such as chickens. Wild birds have received less attention and in particular, in the case of penguins, only a few individuals of five species have been examined with molecular techniques. We collected cloacal samples from Chinstrap penguins in the Vapour Col rookery in Deception Island, Antarctica, and carried out pyrosequencing of the V1-V3 region of the 16S rDNA in samples from 53 individuals, 27 adults and 26 chicks. This provided the first description of the Chinstrap penguin gastrointestinal tract microbiota and the most extensive in any penguin species. Firmicutes, Bacteoridetes, Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Tenericutes were the main components. There were large differences between chicks and adults. The former had more Firmicutes and the latter more Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria. In addition, adults had richer and more diverse bacterial communities than chicks. These differences were also observed between parents and their offspring. On the other hand, nests explained differences in bacterial communities only among chicks. We suggest that environmental factors have a higher importance than genetic factors in the microbiota composition of chicks. The results also showed surprisingly large differences in community composition with other Antarctic penguins including the congeneric Adélie and Gentoo penguins. Fil: Barbosa, Andrés. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; España Fil: Balagué, Vanessa. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar; España Fil: ... |
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Barbosa, Andrés Balagué, Vanessa Valera, Francisco Martínez, Ana Benzal, Jesús Motas, Miguel Diaz, Julia Inés Mira, Alex Pedrós Alió, Carlos |
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Barbosa, Andrés Balagué, Vanessa Valera, Francisco Martínez, Ana Benzal, Jesús Motas, Miguel Diaz, Julia Inés Mira, Alex Pedrós Alió, Carlos |
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Age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica) |
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Age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica) |
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Age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica) |
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Age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica) |
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Age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica) |
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age-related differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica) |
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