Comparative Study of Gut Microbiome in Urban and Rural Eurasian Tree Sparrows
Shuai Yan, Yu Zhang, Ji Huang, Yingbao Liu, Shaobin Li, Jacek Józef Nowakowski · 2024
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Description
City life changes what birds eat, and that should change the microbes in their guts. Shuai Yan and co-authors compare gut bacteria in Eurasian tree sparrows caught in city and country sites. They took fecal samples from sixty-five adult birds and sequenced twenty of them, choosing males of similar body weight to keep the comparison clean.
City sparrows carried slightly more varied gut microbes, with different dominant groups than country birds. Several bacteria that can cause disease, including Staphylococcus and Helicobacter, were more common in the city group, hinting that city birds both spread microbes and build stronger defenses. The city birds' microbes also leaned toward fat-processing pathways. The authors conclude that habitat shapes the gut community and the body functions it supports.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shuai Yan, Yu Zhang, Ji Huang, Yingbao Liu, Shaobin Li, Jacek Józef Nowakowski |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |