Pubblicazione scientifica

Microbiota of little penguins and short-tailed shearwaters during development

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
produzione e raccolta

RIASSUNTO

The establishment and early colonisation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract has been recognised as a crucial stage in chick development, with pioneering microbial species responsible for influencing the development of the GI tract and influencing host health, fitness and disease status throughout life. Development of the microbiota in long lived seabirds is poorly understood. This study characterised the microbial composition of little penguin and short-tailed shearwater chicks throughout development, using Quantitative Real Time PCR (qPCR) and 16S rRNA sequencing. The results indicated that microbial development differed between the two seabird species with the short-tailed shearwater microbiota being relatively stable throughout development whilst significant fluctuations in the microbial composition and an upward trend in the abundance of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were observed in the little penguin. When the microbial composition of adults and chicks was compared, both species showed low similarity in microbial composition, indicating that the adult microbiota may have a negligible influence over the chick’s microbiota.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 14/08/2017

AUTORI

DEWAR MEAGAN L
ARNOULD JOHN P Y
ALLNUTT THEO R
CROWLEY TAMSYN
KRAUSE LUTZ
REYNOLDS JOHN
DANN PETER
SMITH STUART C

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

SCHOOL OF EXERCISE & NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES DEAKIN UNIV BURWOOD AUSTRALIA
SCHOOL OF LIFE & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DEAKIN UNIV BURWOOD AUSTRALIA
BIOINFORMATIC CORE RSCH GROUP FACULTY OF HEALTH DEAKIN UNIV WAURN PONDS AUSTRALIA
QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RSCH INST BRISBANE AUSTRALIA
UNIV QUEENSLAND DIAMANTINA INST TRANSLATIONAL RSCH INST BRISBANE AUSTRALIA
DEAKIN BIOSTATISTICS UNIT FACULTY OF HEALTH DEAKIN UNIV BURWOOD AUSTRALIA
BIOSTATISTICS FACULTY OF MEDICINE NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES MONASH UNIV MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA
RESEARCH DEPT PHILLIP ISLAND NATURE PARKS PHILLIP ISLAND AUSTRALIA
UNIV SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

RIVISTA

PLoS ONE, 12(8), e0183117

IMPACT FACTOR

2,870

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