肠道微生物群在食两动物中的融合
Andrés E Brunetti1,2, Mariana L Lyra3, Juliane P C Monteiro4
1Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBS, UNaM-CONICET), Posadas, Misiones 3300, Argentina.
Proceedings. Biological sciences
|November 15, 2023
概括
吃和白的远亲青的肠道微生物组表现出类似的组成,这表明饮食驱动微生物的融合. 这与一些两动物物种宿主进化历史形成鲜明对比.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 脊椎动物的肠道微生物组合往往与特殊的饮食相融合,如叶类或 myrmecophagy.
- 这种现象已经在哺乳动物和鸟类中记录下来,但在两动物中基本上被忽视了.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究肠道微生物组的组成趋同在食 (和食) 两动物.
- 为了比较微生物组的相似性与宿主进化分歧和饮食专业化.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自五个新热带地区家族的15个anuran物种的肠道微生物组合.
- 植物遗传学分析,以评估宿主进化和微生物社区结构之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 在与远距离相关的米尔科法古斯人 (bufonids 和 microhylids) 中显示出显著的肠道微生物群融合.
- 微生物组的组成有时与宿主进化史有关,如在吃水果的青Xenohyla truncata中所见.
- 特定的细菌种群如 *Paludibacter*, *Treponema* 和 Rikenellaceae 在虫食物种中占有过多的比例.
结论:
- 饮食策略,特别是食,是两动物肠道微生物群融合的强有力的驱动因素.
- 猎物到捕食者的传播和饮食介导的选择可能会塑造这些微生物群落.
- 这些发现为研究肠道微生物在两动物适应有毒饮食中的作用提供了基础.
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