Cardiometabolic disease risk in gorillas is associated with altered gut microbial metabolism
Abstract Cardiometabolic disease is the leading cause of death in zoo apes; yet its etiology remains unknown. Here, we investigated compositional and functional microbial markers in fecal samples from 57 gorillas across U.S. zoos, 20 of which are diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, in contrast wi...
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| Main Authors: | Samuel Davison, Anna Mascellani Bergo, Zoe Ward, April Sackett, Anna Strykova, José Diógenes Jaimes, Dominic Travis, Jonathan B. Clayton, Hayley W. Murphy, Marietta D. Danforth, B. Katherine Smith, Ran Blekhman, Terence Fuh, Frédéric Stéphane Niatou Singa, Jaroslav Havlik, Klara Petrzelkova, Andres Gomez |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025-02-01
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| Series: | npj Biofilms and Microbiomes |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-025-00664-3 |
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