First Descriptive Analysis of the Faecal Microbiota of Wild and Anthropized Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus) in the Region of Bejaia, Northeast Algeria
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Sites and Groups
2.2. Behavioural Data Collection
2.3. Faecal Sample
2.4. Extraction of Bacterial DNA
2.5. PCR Amplification and Product Quantification
2.6. Bioinformatics Analyses
2.7. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Diet Composition of the Tourist-Provisioned Group
3.2. Characterisation of the Faecal Microbiota of M. sylvanus
3.3. Evaluation of the Impact of Food Provisioning on the Faecal Microbiota of Barbary Macaques
4. Discussion
4.1. Diet Composition of the Tourist-Provisioned Group
4.2. Characterisation of M. sylvanus Faecal Microbiota
4.3. Impact of Food Provisioning on the Gut Microbiota of the Barbary Macaque
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Boumenir, M.; Hornick, J.-L.; Taminiau, B.; Daube, G.; Brotcorne, F.; Iguer-Ouada, M.; Moula, N. First Descriptive Analysis of the Faecal Microbiota of Wild and Anthropized Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus) in the Region of Bejaia, Northeast Algeria. Biology 2022, 11, 187. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11020187
Boumenir M, Hornick J-L, Taminiau B, Daube G, Brotcorne F, Iguer-Ouada M, Moula N. First Descriptive Analysis of the Faecal Microbiota of Wild and Anthropized Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus) in the Region of Bejaia, Northeast Algeria. Biology. 2022; 11(2):187. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11020187
Chicago/Turabian StyleBoumenir, Mourad, Jean-Luc Hornick, Bernard Taminiau, Georges Daube, Fany Brotcorne, Mokrane Iguer-Ouada, and Nassim Moula. 2022. "First Descriptive Analysis of the Faecal Microbiota of Wild and Anthropized Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus) in the Region of Bejaia, Northeast Algeria" Biology 11, no. 2: 187. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11020187