Evolutionary relationships of wild hominids recapitulated by gut microbial communities.

Multiple factors over the lifetime of an individual, including diet, geography, and physiologic state, will influence the microbial communities within the primate gut. To determine the source of variation in the composition of the microbiota within and among species, we investigated the distal gut m...

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Autores principales: Howard Ochman, Michael Worobey, Chih-Horng Kuo, Jean-Bosco N Ndjango, Martine Peeters, Beatrice H Hahn, Philip Hugenholtz
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2f8ea76b43f446c8820937d194030d7c2021-11-18T05:36:57ZEvolutionary relationships of wild hominids recapitulated by gut microbial communities.1544-91731545-788510.1371/journal.pbio.1000546https://doaj.org/article/2f8ea76b43f446c8820937d194030d7c2010-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21103409/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1544-9173https://doaj.org/toc/1545-7885Multiple factors over the lifetime of an individual, including diet, geography, and physiologic state, will influence the microbial communities within the primate gut. To determine the source of variation in the composition of the microbiota within and among species, we investigated the distal gut microbial communities harbored by great apes, as present in fecal samples recovered within their native ranges. We found that the branching order of host-species phylogenies based on the composition of these microbial communities is completely congruent with the known relationships of the hosts. Although the gut is initially and continuously seeded by bacteria that are acquired from external sources, we establish that over evolutionary timescales, the composition of the gut microbiota among great ape species is phylogenetically conserved and has diverged in a manner consistent with vertical inheritance.Howard OchmanMichael WorobeyChih-Horng KuoJean-Bosco N NdjangoMartine PeetersBeatrice H HahnPhilip HugenholtzPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Biology, Vol 8, Iss 11, p e1000546 (2010)
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Howard Ochman
Michael Worobey
Chih-Horng Kuo
Jean-Bosco N Ndjango
Martine Peeters
Beatrice H Hahn
Philip Hugenholtz
Evolutionary relationships of wild hominids recapitulated by gut microbial communities.
description Multiple factors over the lifetime of an individual, including diet, geography, and physiologic state, will influence the microbial communities within the primate gut. To determine the source of variation in the composition of the microbiota within and among species, we investigated the distal gut microbial communities harbored by great apes, as present in fecal samples recovered within their native ranges. We found that the branching order of host-species phylogenies based on the composition of these microbial communities is completely congruent with the known relationships of the hosts. Although the gut is initially and continuously seeded by bacteria that are acquired from external sources, we establish that over evolutionary timescales, the composition of the gut microbiota among great ape species is phylogenetically conserved and has diverged in a manner consistent with vertical inheritance.
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author Howard Ochman
Michael Worobey
Chih-Horng Kuo
Jean-Bosco N Ndjango
Martine Peeters
Beatrice H Hahn
Philip Hugenholtz
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title Evolutionary relationships of wild hominids recapitulated by gut microbial communities.
title_short Evolutionary relationships of wild hominids recapitulated by gut microbial communities.
title_full Evolutionary relationships of wild hominids recapitulated by gut microbial communities.
title_fullStr Evolutionary relationships of wild hominids recapitulated by gut microbial communities.
title_full_unstemmed Evolutionary relationships of wild hominids recapitulated by gut microbial communities.
title_sort evolutionary relationships of wild hominids recapitulated by gut microbial communities.
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