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SUBMITTER: Zhu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093826 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhu Lifeng L Clayton Jonathan B JB Suhr Van Haute Mallory J MJ Yang Qinnan Q Hassenstab Haley R HR Mustoe Aaryn C AC Knights Dan D Benson Andrew K AK French Jeffrey A JA
mSystems 20200324 2
Social behavior can alter the microbiome composition via transmission among social partners, but there have been few controlled experimental studies of gut microbiome transmission among social partners in primates. We collected longitudinal fecal samples from eight unrelated male-female pairs of marmoset monkeys prior to pairing and for 8 weeks following pairing. We then sequenced 16S rRNA to characterize the changes in the gut microbiome that resulted from the pairing. Marmoset pairs had a high ...[more]