Exploring the gut microbiota of healthy captive Asian elephants from various locations in Yunnan, China
These results indicate that habitat and husbandry practices significantly influence the gut microbiota of captive Asian elephants. The identification of bacterial species such as <i>Lactobacillus fermentum</i>, <i>Clostridium neonatale</i>, <i>Enterococcus mundtii</i>, <i>Klebsiella huaxiensis</i>, <i>Corynebacterium nasicanis</i>, and <i>Streptococcus equinus</i> highlights the potential role of specific microbes in maintaining host-microbial interactions. Promoting microbial diversity through improved captive conditions could enhance the health of these endangered animals.
Authors
- Yuan RuiLing
- Jiuxuan Zhou
- Taif Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0217-2215)
- Yang Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9012-5170)
- Qian Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9530-4925)
- Yuhan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5892-026X)
- Yixuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-5572)
- Jing Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7696-9991)
- Yutong Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8653-7911)
- Binghui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4288-1240)
- Mingwei Bao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4190-9432)
Institutions
- Kunming University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Save the Elephants (KE)
- Southwest Forestry University (CN)
- Kunming Medical University (CN)
- Yunnan Academy of Forestry (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1403930
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.94