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Interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review
Undesirable microbial infiltration into the female bovine reproductive tracts, for example during calving or mating, is likely to disturb the commensal microflora. Persistent establishment and overgrowth of certain pathogens induce reproductive diseases, render the female bovine reproductive tract u...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191003/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34108039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00106-3 |
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author | Ong, Chian Teng Turni, Conny Blackall, Patrick J. Boe-Hansen, Gry Hayes, Ben J. Tabor, Ala E. |
author_facet | Ong, Chian Teng Turni, Conny Blackall, Patrick J. Boe-Hansen, Gry Hayes, Ben J. Tabor, Ala E. |
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description | Undesirable microbial infiltration into the female bovine reproductive tracts, for example during calving or mating, is likely to disturb the commensal microflora. Persistent establishment and overgrowth of certain pathogens induce reproductive diseases, render the female bovine reproductive tract unfavourable for pregnancy or can result in transmission to the foetus, leading to death and abortion or birth abnormalities. This review of culture-independent metagenomics studies revealed that normal microflora in the female bovine reproductive tract is reasonably consistently dominated by bacteria from the phyla Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, following by Actinobacteria, Fusobacteria and Tenericutes. Reproductive disease development in the female bovine reproductive tract was demonstrated across multiple studies to be associated with high relative abundances of bacteria from the phyla Bacteroidetes and Fusobacteria. Reduced bacterial diversity in the reproductive tract microbiome in some studies of cows diagnosed with reproductive diseases also indicated an association between dysbiosis and bovine reproductive health. Nonetheless, the bovine genital tract microbiome remains underexplored, and this is especially true for the male genital tract. Future research should focus on the functional aspects of the bovine reproductive tract microbiomes, for example their contributions to cattle fertility and susceptibility towards reproductive diseases. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s42523-021-00106-3. |
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spelling | pubmed-81910032021-06-15 Interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review Ong, Chian Teng Turni, Conny Blackall, Patrick J. Boe-Hansen, Gry Hayes, Ben J. Tabor, Ala E. Anim Microbiome Review Undesirable microbial infiltration into the female bovine reproductive tracts, for example during calving or mating, is likely to disturb the commensal microflora. Persistent establishment and overgrowth of certain pathogens induce reproductive diseases, render the female bovine reproductive tract unfavourable for pregnancy or can result in transmission to the foetus, leading to death and abortion or birth abnormalities. This review of culture-independent metagenomics studies revealed that normal microflora in the female bovine reproductive tract is reasonably consistently dominated by bacteria from the phyla Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, following by Actinobacteria, Fusobacteria and Tenericutes. Reproductive disease development in the female bovine reproductive tract was demonstrated across multiple studies to be associated with high relative abundances of bacteria from the phyla Bacteroidetes and Fusobacteria. Reduced bacterial diversity in the reproductive tract microbiome in some studies of cows diagnosed with reproductive diseases also indicated an association between dysbiosis and bovine reproductive health. Nonetheless, the bovine genital tract microbiome remains underexplored, and this is especially true for the male genital tract. Future research should focus on the functional aspects of the bovine reproductive tract microbiomes, for example their contributions to cattle fertility and susceptibility towards reproductive diseases. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s42523-021-00106-3. BioMed Central 2021-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8191003/ /pubmed/34108039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00106-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Review Ong, Chian Teng Turni, Conny Blackall, Patrick J. Boe-Hansen, Gry Hayes, Ben J. Tabor, Ala E. Interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review |
title | Interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review |
title_full | Interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review |
title_fullStr | Interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review |
title_full_unstemmed | Interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review |
title_short | Interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review |
title_sort | interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191003/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34108039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00106-3 |
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