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Gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in responses to habitat fragmentation

The white-headed black langur (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) is exclusively distributed in the karst forests and is critically endangered owing to habitat fragmentation. Gut microbiota can provide physiological data for a comprehensive study of the langur’s response to human disturbance in the limes...

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Autores principales: Lai, Ying, Chen, Yanqiong, Zheng, Jingjin, Liu, Zheng, Nong, Dengpan, Liang, Jipeng, Li, Youbang, Huang, Zhonghao
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9968942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36860490
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1126257
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author Lai, Ying
Chen, Yanqiong
Zheng, Jingjin
Liu, Zheng
Nong, Dengpan
Liang, Jipeng
Li, Youbang
Huang, Zhonghao
author_facet Lai, Ying
Chen, Yanqiong
Zheng, Jingjin
Liu, Zheng
Nong, Dengpan
Liang, Jipeng
Li, Youbang
Huang, Zhonghao
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description The white-headed black langur (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) is exclusively distributed in the karst forests and is critically endangered owing to habitat fragmentation. Gut microbiota can provide physiological data for a comprehensive study of the langur’s response to human disturbance in the limestone forest; to date, data on spatial variations in the langurs’ gut microbiota are limited. In this study, we examined intersite variations in the gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs in the Guangxi Chongzuo White-headed Langur National Nature Reserve, China. Our results showed that langurs in the Bapen area with a better habitat had higher gut microbiota diversity. In the Bapen group, the Bacteroidetes (13.65% ± 9.73% vs. 4.75% ± 4.70%) and its representative family, Prevotellaceae, were significantly enriched. In the Banli group, higher relative abundance of Firmicutes (86.30% ± 8.60% vs. 78.85% ± 10.35%) than the Bapen group was observed. Oscillospiraceae (16.93% ± 5.39% vs. 16.13% ± 3.16%), Christensenellaceae (15.80% ± 4.59% vs. 11.61% ± 3.60%), and norank_o__Clostridia_UCG-014 (17.43% ± 6.64% vs. 9.78% ± 3.83%) were increased in comparison with the Bapen group. These intersite variations in microbiota diversity and composition could be accounted for by differences in food resources caused by fragmentation. Furthermore, compared with the Banli group, the community assembly of gut microbiota in the Bapen group was influenced by more deterministic factors and had a higher migration rate, but the difference between the two groups was not significant. This might be attributed to the serious fragmentation of the habitats for both groups. Our findings highlight the importance of gut microbiota response for the integrity of wildlife habitats and the need in using physiological indicators to study the mechanisms by which wildlife responds to human disturbances or ecological variations.
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spelling pubmed-99689422023-02-28 Gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in responses to habitat fragmentation Lai, Ying Chen, Yanqiong Zheng, Jingjin Liu, Zheng Nong, Dengpan Liang, Jipeng Li, Youbang Huang, Zhonghao Front Microbiol Microbiology The white-headed black langur (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) is exclusively distributed in the karst forests and is critically endangered owing to habitat fragmentation. Gut microbiota can provide physiological data for a comprehensive study of the langur’s response to human disturbance in the limestone forest; to date, data on spatial variations in the langurs’ gut microbiota are limited. In this study, we examined intersite variations in the gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs in the Guangxi Chongzuo White-headed Langur National Nature Reserve, China. Our results showed that langurs in the Bapen area with a better habitat had higher gut microbiota diversity. In the Bapen group, the Bacteroidetes (13.65% ± 9.73% vs. 4.75% ± 4.70%) and its representative family, Prevotellaceae, were significantly enriched. In the Banli group, higher relative abundance of Firmicutes (86.30% ± 8.60% vs. 78.85% ± 10.35%) than the Bapen group was observed. Oscillospiraceae (16.93% ± 5.39% vs. 16.13% ± 3.16%), Christensenellaceae (15.80% ± 4.59% vs. 11.61% ± 3.60%), and norank_o__Clostridia_UCG-014 (17.43% ± 6.64% vs. 9.78% ± 3.83%) were increased in comparison with the Bapen group. These intersite variations in microbiota diversity and composition could be accounted for by differences in food resources caused by fragmentation. Furthermore, compared with the Banli group, the community assembly of gut microbiota in the Bapen group was influenced by more deterministic factors and had a higher migration rate, but the difference between the two groups was not significant. This might be attributed to the serious fragmentation of the habitats for both groups. Our findings highlight the importance of gut microbiota response for the integrity of wildlife habitats and the need in using physiological indicators to study the mechanisms by which wildlife responds to human disturbances or ecological variations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9968942/ /pubmed/36860490 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1126257 Text en Copyright © 2023 Lai, Chen, Zheng, Liu, Nong, Liang, Li and Huang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Microbiology
Lai, Ying
Chen, Yanqiong
Zheng, Jingjin
Liu, Zheng
Nong, Dengpan
Liang, Jipeng
Li, Youbang
Huang, Zhonghao
Gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in responses to habitat fragmentation
title Gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in responses to habitat fragmentation
title_full Gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in responses to habitat fragmentation
title_fullStr Gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in responses to habitat fragmentation
title_full_unstemmed Gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in responses to habitat fragmentation
title_short Gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in responses to habitat fragmentation
title_sort gut microbiota of white-headed black langurs (trachypithecus leucocephalus) in responses to habitat fragmentation
topic Microbiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9968942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36860490
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1126257
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