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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| author | Ji‐Yeon Cheon Hyunjun Cho Mincheol Kim Hyun Je Park Tae‐Yoon S. Park Won Young Lee |
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| description | 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 13C and 15N, 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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| spelling | doaj.art-1fb8a45925d941e7b1da20f6a1b32fd52022-12-22T00:26:49ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582022-05-01125n/an/a10.1002/ece3.8879Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calvesJi‐Yeon Cheon0Hyunjun Cho1Mincheol Kim2Hyun Je Park3Tae‐Yoon S. Park4Won Young Lee5Division of Life Sciences Korea Polar Research Institute Incheon KoreaDivision of Life Sciences Korea Polar Research Institute Incheon KoreaDivision of Life Sciences Korea Polar Research Institute Incheon KoreaDepartment of Marine Bioscience Gangneung‐Wonju National University Gangneung KoreaDivision of Earth Sciences Korea Polar Research Institute Incheon KoreaDivision of Life Sciences Korea Polar Research Institute Incheon KoreaAbstract 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 13C and 15N, 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.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8879diet analysisgut microbiomehigh Arcticlarge herbivoreOvibos moschatu |
| spellingShingle | Ji‐Yeon Cheon Hyunjun Cho Mincheol Kim Hyun Je Park Tae‐Yoon S. Park Won Young Lee Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves Ecology and Evolution diet analysis gut microbiome high Arctic large herbivore Ovibos moschatu |
| title | Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
| title_full | Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
| title_fullStr | Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
| title_short | Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
| title_sort | fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves |
| topic | diet analysis gut microbiome high Arctic large herbivore Ovibos moschatu |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8879 |
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