Gut microbiome reveals the trophic variation and significant adaption of three sympatric forest-dwelling ungulates on the eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
These findings suggest that the gut microbiome of sympatric M. chrysogaster, C. sumatraensis, and C. albirostris tend to converge. Metabolic variations within their gut microbiome may result in differential food resource utilisation, potentially indicating significant nutritional and ecological trait characteristics for stable coexistence.
Authors
- Jin Bai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6218-2984)
- Xuxin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5775-1072)
- Zhengwei Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8243-6451)
- Defu Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5275-4646)
- Baofeng Zhang
- Haonan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0385-5229)
- Zhixin Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8971-6421)
- Xianyong Lan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6104-2904)
- Yichen Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9211-0919)
- Liancheng Xu
Institutions
- Beijing Forestry University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-03812-z
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.61