Publications by authors named "Ying-Yu Dai"
Animals (Basel)
April 2023
Article Synopsis
- Multiple factors influence the gut microbiota in hosts, and its disorder can lead to various diseases.
- Researchers examined gut microbiota in Japanese geckos by analyzing fecal samples from wild and captive geckos fed different diets (mealworms vs. fruit flies) using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
- The study found that mealworm-fed geckos had richer and more diverse gut microbiota, with the overall composition being linked to diet and sexual differences, highlighting the microbial contribution to metabolic and immune functions in the species.
Microbiologyopen
September 2020
Article Synopsis
- Captivity significantly alters the gut microbiota of the northern grass lizard (Takydromus septentrionalis), affecting microbial community structure and diversity.
- Both wild and captive lizards share dominant microbial phyla (Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Tenericutes), but differ in specific genera, with Citrobacter prevalent in the wild and Morganella in captivity.
- Gene function predictions revealed that wild lizards have a greater abundance of certain genes, suggesting that captivity impacts not only microbial diversity but potentially the lizards' nutrient and immune functions.
