Diet and gut microbiome enterotype are associated at the population level in African buffalo

There are stable relationships between diet and microbiome in humans and lab animals. A study on African buffalo finds that diet influences microbiome variation and enterotype formation. Three pathogens may associate with microbiome depending on host diet, suggesting nutrition impacts relationships...

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Main Authors: Claire E. Couch, Keaton Stagaman, Robert S. Spaan, Henri J. Combrink, Thomas J. Sharpton, Brianna R. Beechler, Anna E. Jolles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22510-8

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