The Conservation Implications of the Gut Microbiome for Protecting the Critically Endangered Gray Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus brelichi)
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Samples Collection and DNA Extraction
2.2. 16S rRNA-Targeted Meta Genomic Sequencing
2.3. Metagenomic Shotgun Sequencing
2.4. 16S rRNA Gene Compositional Analysis
2.5. Whole Shotgun Metagenomics Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Composition of Gut Microbiota
3.2. Seasonal Changes in Gut Microbiota
3.3. Function of Gut Microbiota in Dietary Fiber Utilization
3.4. Seasonal Changes in Gut Microbiome Function
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Guo, Y.; Garber, P.A.; Yang, Y.; Wang, S.; Zhou, J. The Conservation Implications of the Gut Microbiome for Protecting the Critically Endangered Gray Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus brelichi). Animals 2024, 14, 1917. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131917
Guo Y, Garber PA, Yang Y, Wang S, Zhou J. The Conservation Implications of the Gut Microbiome for Protecting the Critically Endangered Gray Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus brelichi). Animals. 2024; 14(13):1917. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131917
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuo, Yanqing, Paul A. Garber, Yijun Yang, Siwei Wang, and Jiang Zhou. 2024. "The Conservation Implications of the Gut Microbiome for Protecting the Critically Endangered Gray Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus brelichi)" Animals 14, no. 13: 1917. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131917