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| Title |
Functional Characteristics of the Flying Squirrel's Cecal Microbiota under a Leaf-Based Diet, Based on Multiple Meta-Omic Profiling
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02622 |
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| Authors |
Hsiao-Pei Lu, Po-Yu Liu, Yu-bin Wang, Ji-Fan Hsieh, Han-Chen Ho, Shiao-Wei Huang, Chung-Yen Lin, Chih-hao Hsieh, Hon-Tsen Yu |
| Abstract |
Mammalian herbivores rely on microbial activities in an expanded gut chamber to convert plant biomass into absorbable nutrients. Distinct from ruminants, small herbivores typically have a simple stomach but an enlarged cecum to harbor symbiotic microbes; however, knowledge of this specialized gut structure and characteristics of its microbial contents is limited. Here, we used leaf-eating flying squirrels as a model to explore functional characteristics of the cecal microbiota adapted to a high-fiber, toxin-rich diet. Specifically, environmental conditions across gut regions were evaluated by measuring mass, pH, feed particle size, and metabolomes. Then, parallel metagenomes and metatranscriptomes were used to detect microbial functions corresponding to the cecal environment. Based on metabolomic profiles, >600 phytochemical compounds were detected, although many were present only in the foregut and probably degraded or transformed by gut microbes in the hindgut. Based on metagenomic (DNA) and metatranscriptomic (RNA) profiles, taxonomic compositions of the cecal microbiota were dominated by bacteria of the Firmicutes taxa; they contained major gene functions related to degradation and fermentation of leaf-derived compounds. Based on functional compositions, genes related to multidrug exporters were rich in microbial genomes, whereas genes involved in nutrient importers were rich in microbial transcriptomes. In addition, genes encoding chemotaxis-associated components and glycoside hydrolases specific for plant beta-glycosidic linkages were abundant in both DNA and RNA. This exploratory study provides findings which may help to form molecular-based hypotheses regarding functional contributions of symbiotic gut microbiota in small herbivores with folivorous dietary habits. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 4 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 27 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 9 | 33% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 19% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 30% |
| Unknown | 7 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 January 2018.
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#3,177,303
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#2,877
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#72,118
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#85
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