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ArticleNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2024

Large-scale metagenomic assembly provide new insights into the genetic evolution of gut microbiomes in plateau ungulates.

Bo Xu, Pengfei Song, Feng Jiang, Zhenyuan Cai, Haifeng Gu, Hongmei Gao, Bin Li, Chengbo Liang, Wen Qin, Jingjie Zhang and 4 more

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Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Bo Xu *Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China.
Pengfei Song *Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China.
Feng JiangKey Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China.
Zhenyuan CaiKey Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China.
Haifeng GuKey Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China.
Hongmei GaoKey Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China.
Bin LiKey Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China.
Chengbo LiangKey Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China.
Wen QinState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University 10743, Xining, 810016, Qinghai, China.
Jingjie ZhangState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University 10743, Xining, 810016, Qinghai, China.
Jingyan YanCollege of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University 10743, Xining, 810016, Qinghai, China.
Daoxin LiuCollege of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University 10743, Xining, 810016, Qinghai, China.
Guo SunCollege of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University 10743, Xining, 810016, Qinghai, China.
Tongzuo ZhangKey Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China. zhangtz@nwipb.cas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5524-4262

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M743743National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U20A2012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trillions of microbes colonize the ungulate gastrointestinal tract, playing a pivotal role in enhancing host nutrient utilization by breaking down cellulose and hemicellulose present in plants. Here, through large-scale metagenomic assembly, we established a catalog of 131,416 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) and 11,175 high-quality species-level genome bins (SGBs) from 17 species of ungulates in China. Our study revealed the convergent evolution of high relative abundances of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in the gut microbiomes of plateau-dwelling ungulates. Notably, two significant factors contribute to this phenotype: structural variations in their gut microbiome genomes, which contain more CAZymes, and the presence of novel gut microbiota species, particularly those in the genus Cryptobacteroides, which are undergoing independent rapid evolution and speciation and have higher gene densities of CAZymes. Furthermore, these enrichment CAZymes in the gut microbiomes are highly enrichment in known metabolic pathways for short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production. Our findings not only provide a valuable genomic resource for understanding the gut microbiomes of ungulates but also offer fresh insights into the interaction between gut microbiomes and their hosts, as well as the co-adaptation of hosts and their gut microbiomes to their environments.

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Evolution, MolecularGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMetagenomeMetagenomicsAnimalsBacteriaChinaFatty Acids, VolatileGenome, BacterialPhylogenyFatty Acids, Volatile

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PMID39505908
PMCPMC11541592

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