Isolation of Bifidobacteria from feces of chimpanzees in the wild

Isolation and identification of cultivable Bifidobacterium spp. from the faeces of 5 baby common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus L.)

“…In recent years there has been important progress in gut microbiota studies based on culture independent techniques, however only culture dependent techniques can be used when the aim is to identify and characterize isolates. Unlike studies of human gut microbiota, those addressing the bifidobacteria of non-human primates are very few: Bifidobacterium angulatum and Bifidobacterium moukalabense, isolated from wild chimpanzee [2,3]; Bifidobacterium dentium and Bifidobacterium adolescentis from chimpanzees and orangutan [4]; Bifidobacterium aesculapii, Bifidobacterium callithricos and Bifidobacterium reuteri from common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) [5,6] and Bifidobacterium saguini, Bifidobacterium biavatii and Bifidobacterium stellenboschense from red-handed tamarind [6]. The aim of the present work was to characterize the bifidobacterial cultivable microbiota of common marmoset babies, a completely unknown habitat.…”

Characterization of intestinal bacterial communities of western lowland gorillas (<i>Gorilla gorilla gorilla</i>), central chimpanzees (<i>Pan troglodytes troglodytes</i>), and a forest elephant (<i>Loxodonta africana cyclotis</i>) living in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park in Gabon

“…We believe that the surveys on the intestinal microbiota of wild animals have tremendous importance for the understanding of the co-evolution between the host and its intestinal microbiota. Our previous study reveals that the fecal microbiota of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) were clearly different from those under captivity with some particular influences from human-associated bacteria (Uenishi et al 2007, Ushida 2010. Studies on captive animals may have limitations in revealing the original composition of intestinal microbiota of the target animals.…”

Bifidobacterium eulemuris sp. nov., isolated from faeces of black lemurs (Eulemur macaco)

“…From apes, the novel species Bifidobacterium moukalabense was isolated from the faeces of a wild gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) (Tsuchida et al, 2014). Furthermore, Bifidobacterium angulatum was isolated from an adult female chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) (Tsuchida et al, 2014;Ushida et al, 2010) and Bifidobacterium dentium and Bifidobacterium adolescentis were isolated from chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) and orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), respectively (D'Aimmo et al, 2012); these three latter species are usually found in humans.…”