SynthesisScientific reports2021
Diversity and compositional changes in the gut microbiota of wild and captive vertebrates: a meta-analysis.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The ageing holobiont: crosstalk between telomere dynamics, oxidative stress and the gut microbiome.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Oral and Gut Microbiomes Reveal Potential Physiological Constraints on Release Readiness in Rehabilitating Javan slow lorises.American journal of primatology · 2026Article
- Grass supplementation to a pellet-based diet fails to enrich gut microbiomes with wild-like functions in captive-bred hares.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Characterising the gut microbiome of six Australian marsupials reveals captivity constrains microbiome.Animal microbiome · 2026Article
- Divergent microbiome signatures between managed and wild honey bee (Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
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- The domestic cat microbiome: mapping knowledge gaps through scientometric analysis in feline microbial research.Veterinary research communications · 2025Review
- Host Phylogeny Shapes Gut Microbiota and Predicted Functions in Captive Artiodactyls.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Host-Microbiome Interactions as Moderators of Host Quality and Biodiversity-Disease Relationships.Integrative and comparative biology · 2025Review
- Adaptive changes in the intestinal microbiota of giant pandas following reintroduction.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Unstable pathogen profile in spotted seal (Phoca largha) gut microbiota and limited turnover with habitat microbiome.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Article
- Reintroduction training is instrumental in restoring the oral microbiota of giant pandas from "captivity" to "wildness".BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Endangered Deep-Snow Mountain Caribou Have a Distinct Winter Diet and Gut Microbiome That May Be Altered by Maternal Penning.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
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Abstract
The gut microbiota is recognised as an essential asset for the normal functioning of animal biology. When wild animals are moved into captivity, the modified environmental pressures are expected to rewire the gut microbiota, yet whether this transition follows similar patterns across vertebrates is still unresolved due to the absence of systematic multi-species analyses. We performed a meta-analysis of gut microbiota profiles of 322 captive and 322 wild specimens from 24 vertebrate species. Our analyses yielded no overall pattern of diversity and compositional variation between wild and captive vertebrates, but a heterogeneous landscape of responses, which differed depending on the components of diversity considered. Captive populations showed enrichment patterns of human-associated microorganisms, and the minimal host phylogenetic signal suggests that changes between wild and captive populations are mainly driven by case-specific captivity conditions. Finally, we show that microbiota differences between wild and captive populations can impact evolutionary and ecological inferences that rely on hierarchical clustering-based comparative analyses of gut microbial communities across species.
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