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Comparative Analysis of Microbiome Metagenomics in Reintroduced Wild Horses and Resident Asiatic Wild Asses in the Gobi Desert Steppe
The gut microbiome offers important ecological benefits to the host; however, our understanding of the functional microbiome in relation to wildlife adaptation, especially for translocated endangered species, is lagging. In this study, we adopted a comparative metagenomics approach to test whether t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9229091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35744684 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10061166 |
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author | Tang, Liping Gao, Yunyun Yan, Liping Jia, Huiping Chu, Hongjun Ma, Xinping He, Lun Wang, Xiaoting Li, Kai Hu, Defu Zhang, Dong |
author_facet | Tang, Liping Gao, Yunyun Yan, Liping Jia, Huiping Chu, Hongjun Ma, Xinping He, Lun Wang, Xiaoting Li, Kai Hu, Defu Zhang, Dong |
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description | The gut microbiome offers important ecological benefits to the host; however, our understanding of the functional microbiome in relation to wildlife adaptation, especially for translocated endangered species, is lagging. In this study, we adopted a comparative metagenomics approach to test whether the microbiome diverges for translocated and resident species with different adaptive potentials. The composition and function of the microbiome of sympatric Przewalski’s horses and Asiatic wild asses in desert steppe were compared for the first time using the metagenomic shotgun sequencing approach. We identified a significant difference in microbiome composition regarding the microbes present and their relative abundances, while the diversity of microbe species was similar. Furthermore, the functional profile seemed to converge between the two hosts, with genes related to core metabolism function tending to be more abundant in wild asses. Our results indicate that sympatric wild equids differ in their microbial composition while harboring a stable microbial functional core, which may enable them to survive in challenging habitats. A higher abundance of beneficial taxa, such as Akkermansia, and genes related to metabolism pathways and enzymes, such as lignin degradation, may contribute to more diverse diet choices and larger home ranges of wild asses. |
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spelling | pubmed-92290912022-06-25 Comparative Analysis of Microbiome Metagenomics in Reintroduced Wild Horses and Resident Asiatic Wild Asses in the Gobi Desert Steppe Tang, Liping Gao, Yunyun Yan, Liping Jia, Huiping Chu, Hongjun Ma, Xinping He, Lun Wang, Xiaoting Li, Kai Hu, Defu Zhang, Dong Microorganisms Article The gut microbiome offers important ecological benefits to the host; however, our understanding of the functional microbiome in relation to wildlife adaptation, especially for translocated endangered species, is lagging. In this study, we adopted a comparative metagenomics approach to test whether the microbiome diverges for translocated and resident species with different adaptive potentials. The composition and function of the microbiome of sympatric Przewalski’s horses and Asiatic wild asses in desert steppe were compared for the first time using the metagenomic shotgun sequencing approach. We identified a significant difference in microbiome composition regarding the microbes present and their relative abundances, while the diversity of microbe species was similar. Furthermore, the functional profile seemed to converge between the two hosts, with genes related to core metabolism function tending to be more abundant in wild asses. Our results indicate that sympatric wild equids differ in their microbial composition while harboring a stable microbial functional core, which may enable them to survive in challenging habitats. A higher abundance of beneficial taxa, such as Akkermansia, and genes related to metabolism pathways and enzymes, such as lignin degradation, may contribute to more diverse diet choices and larger home ranges of wild asses. MDPI 2022-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9229091/ /pubmed/35744684 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10061166 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tang, Liping Gao, Yunyun Yan, Liping Jia, Huiping Chu, Hongjun Ma, Xinping He, Lun Wang, Xiaoting Li, Kai Hu, Defu Zhang, Dong Comparative Analysis of Microbiome Metagenomics in Reintroduced Wild Horses and Resident Asiatic Wild Asses in the Gobi Desert Steppe |
title | Comparative Analysis of Microbiome Metagenomics in Reintroduced Wild Horses and Resident Asiatic Wild Asses in the Gobi Desert Steppe |
title_full | Comparative Analysis of Microbiome Metagenomics in Reintroduced Wild Horses and Resident Asiatic Wild Asses in the Gobi Desert Steppe |
title_fullStr | Comparative Analysis of Microbiome Metagenomics in Reintroduced Wild Horses and Resident Asiatic Wild Asses in the Gobi Desert Steppe |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Analysis of Microbiome Metagenomics in Reintroduced Wild Horses and Resident Asiatic Wild Asses in the Gobi Desert Steppe |
title_short | Comparative Analysis of Microbiome Metagenomics in Reintroduced Wild Horses and Resident Asiatic Wild Asses in the Gobi Desert Steppe |
title_sort | comparative analysis of microbiome metagenomics in reintroduced wild horses and resident asiatic wild asses in the gobi desert steppe |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9229091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35744684 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10061166 |
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