Dietary Ecology Determinants of Gut Microbiome Assembly Across Bat Species

This project examines how dietary ecology shapes gut microbiome assembly across diverse bat species. Using 16S rRNA gene amplicons, we profile anal/fecal swab samples to compare microbial community composition across insectivorous, frugivorous, piscivorous, and hematophagous bats. We test the relative influence of diet, host phylogeny, and environment on community structure and identify core taxa associated with feeding strategies. The resulting dataset provides a comparative baseline for bat microbiome ecology with implications for host nutrition, conservation, and disease ecology.

本研究探讨了饮食生态学对多种蝙蝠物种肠道微生物组（gut microbiome）组装过程的塑造作用。本研究采用16S rRNA基因扩增子测序技术，对肛门拭子/粪便拭子样本进行分析，以比较食虫、食果、食鱼及吸血蝙蝠的微生物群落组成差异。本研究检验了饮食、宿主系统发育与环境因素对微生物群落结构的相对影响，并鉴定出与摄食策略相关的核心分类群（taxa）。本研究所获数据集为蝙蝠微生物组生态学研究提供了比较基准，其研究成果对宿主营养、物种保护及疾病生态学领域均具有参考价值。