Variations in the gut microbiota of sympatric François’ langurs and rhesus macaques living in limestone forests in southwest Guangxi, China

Gut microbiota plays an important role in health and metabolism and is affected by diet. This means that the gut microbiota of sympatric species is different due to niche separation. In this study, high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing was used to study the gut microbiota of sympatric François’ langur...

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Main Authors: Ting Chen, Yuhui Li, Jipeng Liang, Youbang Li, Zhonghao Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419306134