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Analysis of cultivable microbiota and diet intake pattern of the long-lived naked mole-rat

Overview of attention for article published in Gut Pathogens, May 2016
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Title
Analysis of cultivable microbiota and diet intake pattern of the long-lived naked mole-rat
Published in
Gut Pathogens, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13099-016-0107-3
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Tewodros Debebe, Susanne Holtze, Michaela Morhart, Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt, Steffen Rodewald, Klaus Huse, Matthias Platzer, Dereje Wyohannes, Salomon Yirga, Alemayehu Lemma, Rene Thieme, Brigitte König, Gerd Birkenmeier

Abstract

A variety of microbial communities exist throughout the human and animal body. Genetics, environmental factors and long-term dietary habit contribute to shaping the composition of the gut microbiota. For this reason the study of the gut microbiota of a mammal exhibiting an extraordinary life span is of great importance. The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a eusocial mammal known for its longevity and cancer resistance. Here we analyzed its gut microbiota by cultivating the bacteria under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and identifying their species by mass spectrometry. Altogether, 29 species of microbes were identified, predominantly belonging to Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes. The most frequent species were Bacillus megaterium (45.2 %), followed by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (19.4 %), Bacteroides ovatus, Staphylococcus sciuri and Paenibacillus spp., each with a frequency of 16.1 %. Overall, the gut of the naked mole-rat is colonized by diverse, but low numbers of cultivable microbes compared with humans and mice. The primary food plants of the rodents are rich in polyphenols and related compounds, possessing anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative as well as anti-cancer activity which may contribute to their exceptionally healthy life.

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Country Count As %
Canada 1 2%
Unknown 57 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 14%
Researcher 7 12%
Student > Bachelor 7 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Unspecified 4 7%
Other 13 22%
Unknown 15 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 14%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 9%
Unspecified 4 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 7%
Other 11 19%
Unknown 18 31%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 July 2020.
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#2,874,559
of 24,885,505 outputs
Outputs from Gut Pathogens
#66
of 578 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#48,676
of 345,256 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Gut Pathogens
#3
of 22 outputs
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