Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota between Captive and Wild Long-Tailed Gorals for Ex Situ Conservation

The long-tailed goral is close to extinction, and ex situ conservation is essential to prevent this phenomenon. Studies on the gut microbiome of the long-tailed goral are important for understanding the ecology of this species. We amplified DNA from the 16S rRNA regions and compared the microbiomes...

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Published in:Microorganisms (Basel) 2024-07, Vol.12 (7), p.1419
Main Authors: Park, Chang-Eon, Jo, Young-Jae, Jung, Da-Ryung, Park, Hee-Cheon, Shin, Jae-Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Captivity
Comparative analysis
Conservation
conservation biology
Deer
ex situ conservation
Feces
Food
Food availability
Food plants
gut microbiome
Intestinal microflora
long-tailed goral
Lowlands
Macroecology
Microbiomes
Microbiota
Naemorhedus goral
National parks
Population decline
Redundancy
Ribosomal DNA
rRNA 16S
Species extinction
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:The long-tailed goral is close to extinction, and ex situ conservation is essential to prevent this phenomenon. Studies on the gut microbiome of the long-tailed goral are important for understanding the ecology of this species. We amplified DNA from the 16S rRNA regions and compared the microbiomes of wild long-tailed gorals and two types of captive long-tailed gorals. Our findings revealed that the gut microbiome diversity of wild long-tailed gorals is greatly reduced when they are reared in captivity. A comparison of the two types of captive long-tailed gorals confirmed that animals with a more diverse diet exhibit greater gut microbiome diversity. Redundancy analysis confirmed that wild long-tailed gorals are distributed throughout the highlands, midlands, and lowlands. For the first time, it was revealed that the long-tailed goral are divided into three groups depending on the height of their habitat, and that the gut bacterial community changes significantly when long-tailed gorals are raised through ex situ conservation. This provides for the first time a perspective on the diversity of food plants associated with mountain height that will be available to long-tailed goral in the future.
ISSN:2076-2607
2076-2607
DOI:10.3390/microorganisms12071419