Seasonal Dietary Shifts Alter the Gut Microbiota of Avivorous Bats: Implication for Adaptation to Energy Harvest and Nutritional Utilization

Lixin Gong; Boyu Liu; Hui Wu; Jiang Feng; Tinglei Jiang

doi:10.1128/mSphere.00467-21

mSphere (Aug 2021)

Seasonal Dietary Shifts Alter the Gut Microbiota of Avivorous Bats: Implication for Adaptation to Energy Harvest and Nutritional Utilization

Lixin Gong,
Boyu Liu,
Hui Wu,
Jiang Feng,
Tinglei Jiang

Affiliations

Lixin Gong: Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
Boyu Liu: College of Animal Science and Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
Hui Wu: College of Life Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
Jiang Feng: Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
Tinglei Jiang: ORCiD; Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00467-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4

Abstract

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The coevolution between the host and its gut microbes can promote an animal’s adaptation to its specific ecological niche and changes in energy and nutritional requirements. This study focused on an avivorous bat, the great evening bat ( Ia io

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ISSN: 2379-5042 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msphere

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