Gut microbiota in wild and captive Guizhou snub‐nosed monkeys, <i>Rhinopithecus brelichi</i>

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  • Vanessa L. Hale
    Biological Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana
  • Chia L. Tan
    LVDI International San Marcos California
  • Kefeng Niu
    Institute of Eastern‐Himalaya Biodiversity Research Dali University Dali Yunnan China
  • Yeqin Yang
    Nonhuman Primate Conservation and Research Institute Tongren University Tongren Guizhou China
  • Qikun Zhang
    Hangzhou KaiTai Biotechnology Co., Ltd Hangzhou China
  • Rob Knight
    Pediatrics University of California San Diego La Jolla California
  • Katherine R. Amato
    Anthropology Northwestern University Evanston Illinois

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<jats:p>Many colobine species—including the endangered Guizhou snub‐nosed monkey (<jats:italic>Rhinopithecus brelichi</jats:italic>) are difficult to maintain in captivity and frequently exhibit gastrointestinal (GI) problems. GI problems are commonly linked to alterations in the gut microbiota, which lead us to examine the gut microbial communities of wild and captive <jats:italic>R. brelichi</jats:italic>. We used high‐throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene to compare the gut microbiota of wild (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 7) and captive (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 8) <jats:italic>R. brelichi.</jats:italic> Wild monkeys exhibited increased gut microbial diversity based on the Chao1 but not Shannon diversity metric and greater relative abundances of bacteria in the Lachnospiraceae and Ruminococcaceae families. Microbes in these families digest complex plant materials and produce butyrate, a short chain fatty acid critical to colonocyte health. Captive monkeys had greater relative abundances of <jats:italic>Prevotella</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Bacteroides</jats:italic> species, which degrade simple sugars and carbohydrates, like those present in fruits and cornmeal, two staples of the captive <jats:italic>R. brelichi</jats:italic> diet. Captive monkeys also had a greater abundance of <jats:italic>Akkermansia</jats:italic> species, a microbe that can thrive in the face of host malnutrition. Taken together, these findings suggest that poor health in captive <jats:italic>R. brelichi</jats:italic> may be linked to diet and an altered gut microbiota.</jats:p>

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