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Primate Microbiome Diversity and Its Impacts on Host Health, Ecology, and Evolution

A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 3686

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jonathan B. Clayton

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1. Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, AH 523, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
2. Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1901 N 21st Street, FIC 267, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Interests: microbiology; microbiome; veterinary medicine; human health; gut–brain axis; microbiota–gut–brain axis; primatology
Dr. Robin Shields-Cutler

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Department of Biology, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105, USA
Interests: microbiology; microbiome; infectious diseases; host–microbe interactions; secondary metabolism; primatology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Diversity is launching a Special Issue dedicated to the microbiome diversity of primates and its impacts on host ecology and evolution.

There has been a recent explosion of research focused on understanding microbial contributions to human and nonhuman primate health, metabolism, and development. Host-associated microbiomes have been shown to impact host health, ecology, behavior, development, and evolution in a wide range of animal species, including humans and nonhuman primates. Nonhuman primate ecology and evolution are well studied, making nonhuman primates excellent models for exploring host–microbiome interactions in these contexts. This Special Issue will showcase current research in primate microbiomics. Factors shaping primate microbiome diversity across a range of host species, environmental contexts, and time scales will be highlighted. Relationships between host microbiome and host health, physiology, and behavior will also be addressed. The goal is to highlight the current state of knowledge in the field of primate microbiomics and to promote interest in continued studies in this important and growing field.

Dr. Jonathan B. Clayton
Dr. Robin Shields-Cutler
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • microbiome
  • microbiomics
  • microbiota
  • microbial ecology
  • microbiology
  • nonhuman primate
  • primatology
  • ecology
  • evolution
  • primate health

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Host Species and Captivity Distinguish the Microbiome Compositions of a Diverse Zoo-Resident Non-Human Primate Population
by Maya O. Wills, Robin R. Shields-Cutler, Emily Brunmeier, Madison Weissenborn, Tami Murphy, Dan Knights, Timothy J. Johnson and Jonathan B. Clayton
Diversity 2022, 14(9), 715; https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090715 - 29 Aug 2022
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Vast numbers of microorganisms inhabit the mammalian gastrointestinal tract in a complex community referred to as the gut microbiome. An individual’s microbiome may be impacted by genetics, diet, and various environmental factors, and has been associated with many health states and diseases, though [...] Read more.
Vast numbers of microorganisms inhabit the mammalian gastrointestinal tract in a complex community referred to as the gut microbiome. An individual’s microbiome may be impacted by genetics, diet, and various environmental factors, and has been associated with many health states and diseases, though specific explanations are lacking. While these communities are well-studied in human populations, non-human primates (NHPs), in particular zoo-resident or captive NHPs, offer distinct advantages to increasing our understanding of factors that influence gut microbiome composition. Here, we characterize the gut microbiome composition of a phylogenetically diverse cohort of NHPs residing in the same urban zoo. We show that despite overlapping and controlled environmental contexts, gut microbiomes are still distinguished between NHP host species. However, when comparing the zoo cohort to wild NHPs, we show that captivity status strongly distinguishes zoo-resident NHPs from their wild counterparts, regardless of host phylogeny. Microbial orders unique to captive NHPs include taxa commonly present in human gut microbiomes. Together, these results demonstrate that differences between NHP species are strongly associated with gut microbiome composition and diversity, suggesting that species-specific approaches should be considered when investigating environmental factors’ influence on gut microbiome composition. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Primate Microbiome Diversity and Its Impacts on Host Health, Ecology, and Evolution)
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