Gut microbiomes of wild great apes fluctuate seasonally in response to diet

Gut microbiomes of wild great apes fluctuate seasonally in response to diet

Microbiota composition fluctuates in response to changes in environmental and lifestyle factors. Here, Hicks et al. show that the faecal microbiota of wild gorillas and chimpanzees is temporally dynamic, with shifts that correlate with seasonal rainfall patterns and periods of high and low frugivory...

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Main Authors: Allison L. Hicks, Kerry Jo Lee, Mara Couto-Rodriguez, Juber Patel, Rohini Sinha, Cheng Guo, Sarah H. Olson, Anton Seimon, Tracie A. Seimon, Alain U. Ondzie, William B. Karesh, Patricia Reed, Kenneth N. Cameron, W. Ian Lipkin, Brent L. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04204-w

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