Academic Journal
The Importance of Sociality and Diet in Explaining Variation in the Bonobo Gut Microbiota.
| Τίτλος: | The Importance of Sociality and Diet in Explaining Variation in the Bonobo Gut Microbiota. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Hickmott AJ; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Christie DM; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Wakefield ML; Sociology, Anthropology, and Philosophy, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, USA., Brand CM; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.; Bakar Computational Health and Sciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA., White FJ; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Ting N; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. |
| Πηγή: | American journal of primatology [Am J Primatol] 2026 May; Vol. 88 (5), pp. e70162. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8108949 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1098-2345 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02752565 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Primatol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: New York : Wiley-Blackwell Original Publication: New York : Liss, c1981- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Pan paniscus*/microbiology , Pan paniscus*/physiology , Diet*/veterinary , Social Behavior* , Gastrointestinal Microbiome*, Feces/microbiology ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/analysis ; Animals ; Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Male ; Female ; Feeding Behavior ; Seasons |
| Περίληψη: | Gut microbial communities or the gut microbiota are of increasing interest due to the important role they play in nutrition, development, health, and disease. Among primates, several factors, like sociality and diet, have been found to be important in structuring the gut microbiota. The relative importance of sociality versus diet has yet to be examined for bonobos (Pan paniscus). Here, we describe dietary, social, and gut microbiota data for 252 bonobo fecal samples collected from June to October 2017 at Iyema, Lomako forest, Democratic Republic of Congo. DNA was extracted, 16S rRNA libraries were prepped, and samples were sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq run sequences were then paired with nesting group dynamics and feeding behavior data. We found that the Lomako forest bonobo gut microbiota alpha diversity was statistically significantly explained by nesting party (a measure of party membership), the number of nests (a measure of party size), and month (a measure of seasonality). Nesting party explains 19.48%-20.28% of beta diversity in bonobo gut microbiota for Bray-Curtis dissimilarity metrics and 17.06%-21.38% for Aitchison's distance. Our generalized dissimilarity model results found that sociality variables, like geographic distance, explained the most variation compared to dietary variables. These results suggest that sociality may be particularly important in structuring the gut microbiota in the Lomako forest bonobos. Sociality may therefore be more informative than diet when examining the co-evolutionary history of microbes and their hosts in hominoids. (© 2026 The Author(s). American Journal of Primatology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.) |
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| Grant Information: | Leakey Foundation; Global Oregon Award; Northern Kentucky University; University of Oregon Gary Smith Summer Development grant; University of Oregon Department of Anthropology Research; University of Oregon Faculty Research Award; WW-099ER-17 National Geographic |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Pan paniscus; food species; food type; gut microbiota; nesting party; social proximity |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260515 Date Completed: 20260716 Latest Revision: 20260926 |
| Update Code: | 20260926 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13178060 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ajp.70162 |
| PMID: | 42138272 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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