Guan Yu, Wang Hongfang, Gong Yinan, Ge Jianping, Bao Lei
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering and College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
PeerJ. 2020 Dec 1;8:e9970. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9970. eCollection 2020.
As a complex microecological system, the gut microbiota plays crucial roles in many aspects, including immunology, physiology and development. The specific function and mechanism of the gut microbiota in birds are distinct due to their body structure, physiological attributes and life history. Data on the gut microbiota of the common kestrel, a second-class protected animal species in China, are currently scarce. With high-throughput sequencing technology, we characterized the bacterial community of the gut from nine fecal samples from a wounded common kestrel by sequencing the V3-V4 region of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Our results showed that (41.078%), (40.923%) and (11.191%) were the most predominant phyla. (20.563%) was the most dominant genus, followed by (17.588%) and (5.956%). Our results would offer fundamental data and direction for the wildlife rescue.
作为一个复杂的微生态系统，肠道微生物群在包括免疫学、生理学和发育等许多方面发挥着关键作用。由于鸟类的身体结构、生理特性和生活史，其肠道微生物群的具体功能和机制有所不同。目前，关于中国二级保护动物物种红隼肠道微生物群的数据很少。利用高通量测序技术，我们通过对16S核糖体RNA基因的V3-V4区域进行测序，对一只受伤红隼的九个粪便样本中的肠道细菌群落进行了特征分析。我们的结果表明，厚壁菌门（41.078%）、拟杆菌门（40.923%）和变形菌门（11.191%）是最主要的菌门。埃希氏菌属（20.563%）是最主要的属，其次是乳杆菌属（17.588%）和肠球菌属（5.956%）。我们的结果将为野生动物救援提供基础数据和方向。
