The role of host traits and geography in shaping the gut microbiome of insectivorous bats

ABSTRACTThe gut microbiome is a symbiotic microbial community associated with the host and plays multiple important roles in host physiology, nutrition, and health. A number of factors have been shown to influence the gut microbiome, among which diet is considered to be one of the most important; ho...

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Published in:	mSphere
Main Authors:	Wentao Dai, Haixia Leng, Jun Li, Aoqiang Li, Zhongle Li, Yue Zhu, Xiaolin Li, Longru Jin, Keping Sun, Jiang Feng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2024-04-01
Subjects:	gut microbiome diet composition insectivorous bats 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00087-24