| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We collected feces from three bamboo lemur species (Hapalemur griseus, H. aureus and Prolemur simus) to examine their gut microbiota associated with very unique bamboo diets. P. simus showed significantly unique gut microbiota pattern while those of H. griseus and H. aureus were closely similar to each other. This may be possibly derived from unusual dietary pattern displayed by P. simus, where they tended to consume tough bamboo parts, including culm pith and mature leaves. Besides, P. simus exclusively fed on giant bamboo, toxic bamboo species that were rich in cyanide. High cyanide intake via bamboo diet might have altered gut microbiota composition of these bamboo specialists to promote detoxification.
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