Larval Tapeworm Infections in Primates: Coenurosis, Cysticercosis, and Echinococcosis

Schneider‐Crease, India

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52283-4_14

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“…Multi-species assemblages, such as the gut microbiome and also parasite communities, are primarily influenced by host ecology and evolutionary relationships (Poulin 1995;Ley et al 2008;Muegge et al 2011;Ochman MBE 2018, 2019;Beer et al 2019;Youngblut et al 2019;Schneider-Crease 2020;Weinstein et al 2021). However, the relative importance and effect size of these factors differ from system to system.…”

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Ecology, Not Host Phylogeny, Shapes the Oral Microbiome in Closely Related Species

Moraitou

Forsythe

Yates

et al. 2022

Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Host-associated microbiomes are essential for a multitude of biological processes. Placed at the contact zone between external and internal environments, the little-studied oral microbiome has important roles in host physiology and health. Here we investigate the roles of host evolutionary relationships and ecology in shaping the oral microbiome in three closely related gorilla subspecies (mountain, Grauer’s, and western lowland gorillas) using shotgun metagenomics of 46 museum-preserved dental calculus samples. We find that the oral microbiomes of mountain gorillas are functionally and taxonomically distinct from the other two subspecies, despite close evolutionary relationships and geographic proximity with Grauer’s gorillas. Grauer’s gorillas show intermediate bacterial taxonomic and functional, and dietary profiles. Altitudinal differences in gorilla subspecies ranges appear to explain these patterns, suggesting a close connection between dental calculus microbiomes and the environment, likely mediated through dietary differences. This is further supported by the presence of gorilla subspecies-specific phyllosphere/rhizosphere taxa in the oral microbiome. Mountain gorillas show high abundance of nitrate-reducing oral taxa, which may promote adaptation to a high-altitude lifestyle by modulating blood pressure. Our results suggest that ecology, rather than evolutionary relationships and geographic distribution, shape the oral microbiome in these closely related species.

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