Interspecific comparison of the fecal microbiota structure in three Arctic migratory bird species
The gut microbiota of birds is known to be characterized for different species, although it may change with feeding items. In this study, we compared the gut microbiota of birds with different feeding behaviors in the same habitat. We collected fecal samples from three Arctic species, snow buntings...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7319242 2023-05-15T13:29:57+02:00 Interspecific comparison of the fecal microbiota structure in three Arctic migratory bird species Cho, Hyunjun Lee, Won Young 2020-05-18 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319242/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607176 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6299 en eng John Wiley and Sons Inc. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319242/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6299 © 2020 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Ecol Evol Original Research Text 2020 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6299 2020-07-05T00:50:29Z The gut microbiota of birds is known to be characterized for different species, although it may change with feeding items. In this study, we compared the gut microbiota of birds with different feeding behaviors in the same habitat. We collected fecal samples from three Arctic species, snow buntings Plectrophenax nivalis, sanderlings Calidris alba, and pink‐footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus that are phylogenetically quite distant in different families to evaluate effects of diet on gut microbiota. Also, we characterized the prevalence of fecal bacteria using the Illumina MiSeq platform to sequence bacterial 16S rRNA genes. Our NMDS results showed that fecal bacteria of snow buntings and sanderlings were significantly distant from those of pink‐footed geese. Although all three birds were occupied by three bacterial phyla, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes, dominant taxa still varied among the species. Our bacterial sequences showed that snow buntings and sanderlings were dominated by Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, while pink‐footed geese were dominated by Proteobacteria. In addition, the bacterial diversity in snow buntings and sanderlings was significantly higher than that in pink‐footed geese. Our results suggest that insectivorous feeding diet of snow buntings and sanderlings could be responsible for the similar bacterial communities between the two species despite the distant phylogenetic relationship. The distinctive bacterial community in pink‐footed geese was discussed to be related with their herbivorous diet. Text Anser brachyrhynchus Arctic Calidris alba Plectrophenax nivalis PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Ecology and Evolution 10 12 5582 5594 |
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The gut microbiota of birds is known to be characterized for different species, although it may change with feeding items. In this study, we compared the gut microbiota of birds with different feeding behaviors in the same habitat. We collected fecal samples from three Arctic species, snow buntings Plectrophenax nivalis, sanderlings Calidris alba, and pink‐footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus that are phylogenetically quite distant in different families to evaluate effects of diet on gut microbiota. Also, we characterized the prevalence of fecal bacteria using the Illumina MiSeq platform to sequence bacterial 16S rRNA genes. Our NMDS results showed that fecal bacteria of snow buntings and sanderlings were significantly distant from those of pink‐footed geese. Although all three birds were occupied by three bacterial phyla, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes, dominant taxa still varied among the species. Our bacterial sequences showed that snow buntings and sanderlings were dominated by Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, while pink‐footed geese were dominated by Proteobacteria. In addition, the bacterial diversity in snow buntings and sanderlings was significantly higher than that in pink‐footed geese. Our results suggest that insectivorous feeding diet of snow buntings and sanderlings could be responsible for the similar bacterial communities between the two species despite the distant phylogenetic relationship. The distinctive bacterial community in pink‐footed geese was discussed to be related with their herbivorous diet. |
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Interspecific comparison of the fecal microbiota structure in three Arctic migratory bird species |
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Interspecific comparison of the fecal microbiota structure in three Arctic migratory bird species |
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Interspecific comparison of the fecal microbiota structure in three Arctic migratory bird species |
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Interspecific comparison of the fecal microbiota structure in three Arctic migratory bird species |
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Interspecific comparison of the fecal microbiota structure in three Arctic migratory bird species |
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interspecific comparison of the fecal microbiota structure in three arctic migratory bird species |
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