2023-Williams-RedPanda-Rhino-Tiger-longitudinal-16S

Here, we used samples collected in each of four seasons for three taxa: the herbivorous southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum, n = 5); carnivorous Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae, n = 5), and the red panda (Ailurus fulgens, n = 9), an herbivorous carnivore which underwent a diet shift in its evolutionary history from carnivory to a primarily bamboo-based diet. We characterize the variability of the gut microbiome among these three taxa across time to elucidate the influence of diet and host species on these dynamics.Published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology.