A Comparative Study on the Faecal Bacterial Community and Potential Zoonotic Bacteria of Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Northeast Greenland, Northwest Greenland and Norway
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A Comparative Study on the Faecal Bacterial Community and Potential Zoonotic Bacteria of Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Northeast Greenland, Northwest Greenland and Norway. / Andersen-ranberg, Emilie; Barnes, Christopher; Rasmussen, Linett; Salgado-flores, Alejandro; Grøndahl, Carsten; Mosbacher, Jesper; Hansen, Anders; Sundset, Monica; Schmidt, Niels; Sonne, Christian.
In: Microorganisms, Vol. 6, No. 3, 76, 2018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A Comparative Study on the Faecal Bacterial Community and Potential Zoonotic Bacteria of Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Northeast Greenland, Northwest Greenland and Norway
AU - Andersen-ranberg, Emilie
AU - Barnes, Christopher
AU - Rasmussen, Linett
AU - Salgado-flores, Alejandro
AU - Grøndahl, Carsten
AU - Mosbacher, Jesper
AU - Hansen, Anders
AU - Sundset, Monica
AU - Schmidt, Niels
AU - Sonne, Christian
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus) are ruminants adapted to a high-fibre diet. There is increasing interest in the role that gut microbes play in the digestion and utilization of these specialized diets but only limited data available on the gut microbiome of high-Arctic animals. In this study, we metabarcoded the 16S rRNA region of faecal samples from muskoxen of Northeast Greenland, Northwest Greenland and Norway, and quantified the effects of physiological and temporal factors on bacterial composition. We found significant effects of body mass, year of sampling and location on the gut bacterial communities of North East Greenland muskoxen. These effects were however dwarfed by the effects of location, emphasizing the importance of the local ecology on the gut bacterial community. Habitat alterations and rising temperatures may therefore have a considerable impact on muskoxen health and reproductive success. Moreover, muskoxen are hunted and consumed in Greenland, Canada and Alaska; therefore, this study also screened for potential zoonoses of food safety interest. A total of 13 potentially zoonotic genera were identified, including the genera Erysipelothrix and Yersinia implicated in recent mass die-offs of the muskoxen themselves.
AB - Muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus) are ruminants adapted to a high-fibre diet. There is increasing interest in the role that gut microbes play in the digestion and utilization of these specialized diets but only limited data available on the gut microbiome of high-Arctic animals. In this study, we metabarcoded the 16S rRNA region of faecal samples from muskoxen of Northeast Greenland, Northwest Greenland and Norway, and quantified the effects of physiological and temporal factors on bacterial composition. We found significant effects of body mass, year of sampling and location on the gut bacterial communities of North East Greenland muskoxen. These effects were however dwarfed by the effects of location, emphasizing the importance of the local ecology on the gut bacterial community. Habitat alterations and rising temperatures may therefore have a considerable impact on muskoxen health and reproductive success. Moreover, muskoxen are hunted and consumed in Greenland, Canada and Alaska; therefore, this study also screened for potential zoonoses of food safety interest. A total of 13 potentially zoonotic genera were identified, including the genera Erysipelothrix and Yersinia implicated in recent mass die-offs of the muskoxen themselves.
KW - 16S rRNA
KW - Arctic
KW - Ovibos moschatus
KW - faecal bacterial community
KW - metabarcoding
KW - muskoxen
KW - zoonoses
U2 - 10.3390/microorganisms6030076
DO - 10.3390/microorganisms6030076
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30044373
VL - 6
JO - Microorganisms
JF - Microorganisms
SN - 2076-2607
IS - 3
M1 - 76
ER -
ID: 209326415