Bifidobacterium is a non-spore-forming, Gram-positive, anaerobic probiotic actinobacterium
and commonly found in the gut of infants and the uterine region of pregnant mothers. Like all …

Bifidobacteria, which commonly inhabit the primate gut, are beneficial contributors to host
wellbeing. Anatomical differences and natural habitat allow an arrangement of primates into …

The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas (CRISPR-
associated cas) systems constitute the adaptive immune system in prokaryotes, which …

The microbiota is heavily involved in both health and disease pathogenesis, but defining a
normal, healthy microbiota in the common marmoset has been challenging. The aim of this …

In recent years, bifidobacterial populations in the gut of various monkey species have been
assessed in several ecological surveys, unveiling a diverse, yet unexplored ecosystem …

Mammalian captive dietary specialists like folivores are prone to gastrointestinal distress
and primate dietary specialists suffer the greatest gut microbiome diversity losses in captivity …

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is an omnivorous New World primate whose diet
in the wild includes large amounts of fruit, seeds, flowers, and a variety of lizards and …

Slow lorises are small arboreal and nocturnal primates. Due to the illegal trade, a large
number of slow lorises were confiscated into wildlife sanctuaries or rescue centers. The re …

Gastrointestinal disease is a frequently encountered problem among captive common
marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) colonies. Management can be challenging due to the number …

Recent studies using germ-free mice have demonstrated that microbiota have functional
roles in host homeostasis1, 2. However, the phylogenetic distance between rodents and …