Yao Ran, Xu Lianglaing, Lu Guoqing, Zhu Lifeng
College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.
Department of Biology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA.
Evol Bioinform Online. 2019 May 10;15:1176934319848438. doi: 10.1177/1176934319848438. eCollection 2019.
The relationship between animal conservation and the animal gut microbiome is a hot topic in current microbial ecology research. Our group has recently revealed that the occurrence of diverse combinations of gut microbial compositions and functions (metagenomics) in Père David's deer () populations is likely to lead to increased evolutionary potential and resilience in response to environmental changes. Thus, considering the effects of diet on the gut microbiome and the importance of a stable gut microbial community to host health, we suggest that a transitional buffer period (with feeding on a regular diet and a diet from the translocation habitat) is needed before animal translocation. When the gut microbiome enters into relatively stable stages and adapts to the new diet from the translocation site, the time is suitable for translocation. Long-term monitoring of the gut microbiomes of translocated animals (by collecting fresh feces and carrying out next-generation sequencing) is still necessary after their translocation.
动物保护与动物肠道微生物组之间的关系是当前微生物生态学研究中的一个热门话题。我们团队最近发现，麋鹿种群中肠道微生物组成和功能（宏基因组学）的多样组合的出现，可能会增强其应对环境变化的进化潜力和恢复力。因此，考虑到饮食对肠道微生物组的影响以及稳定的肠道微生物群落对宿主健康的重要性，我们建议在动物迁移之前需要一个过渡缓冲期（采用常规饮食和来自迁移栖息地的饮食）。当肠道微生物组进入相对稳定阶段并适应来自迁移地点的新饮食时，就是适合迁移的时机。在迁移后的动物中，通过收集新鲜粪便并进行新一代测序对其肠道微生物组进行长期监测仍然是必要的。
