ArticleMolecular ecology2021
Social groups constrain the spatiotemporal dynamics of wild sifaka gut microbiomes.
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- Gut microbiota signatures of the three Mexican primate species, including hybrid populations.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Group membership, not diet, structures the composition and functional potential of the gut microbiome in a wild primate.mSphere · 2024Article
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- Aging gut microbiota of wild macaques are equally diverse, less stable, but progressively personalized.Microbiome · 2022Article
- Anthropogenic Disturbance Impacts Gut Microbiome Homeostasis in a Malagasy Primate.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Primates acquire gut microbiota from conspecifics through direct social contact and shared environmental exposures. Host behaviour is a prominent force in structuring gut microbial communities, yet the extent to which group or individual-level forces shape the long-term dynamics of gut microbiota is poorly understood. We investigated the effects of three aspects of host sociality (social groupings, dyadic interactions, and individual dispersal between groups) on gut microbiome composition and plasticity in 58 wild Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) from six social groups. Over the course of three dry seasons in a 5-year period, the six social groups maintained distinct gut microbial signatures, with the taxonomic composition of individual communities changing in tandem among coresiding group members. Samples collected from group members during each season were more similar than samples collected from single individuals across different years. In addition, new immigrants and individuals with less stable social ties exhibited elevated rates of microbiome turnover across seasons. Our results suggest that permanent social groupings shape the changing composition of commensal and mutualistic gut microbial communities and thus may be important drivers of health and resilience in wild primate populations.
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