Gut bacterial community profile of frugivorous bats from Cathedral Cave in Cavinti, Laguna, Philippines

Bonie B Datul; Ronilo Jose D Flores; Andrew D Montecillo; Marian P De Leon

doi:10.1128/mra.00426-24

Gut bacterial community profile of frugivorous bats from Cathedral Cave in Cavinti, Laguna, Philippines

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Sep 10;13(9):e0042624. doi: 10.1128/mra.00426-24. Epub 2024 Aug 20.

Authors

Bonie B Datul¹, Ronilo Jose D Flores², Andrew D Montecillo³, Marian P De Leon¹

Affiliations

¹ Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
² Environmental Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
³ Microbiology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.

Abstract

Here we report the 16S rRNA gene amplicon analysis of the gut microbiota of three frugivorous cave bat species from the Cathedral Cave in Cavinti, Laguna, Philippines. Among the bat species, the most abundant phyla are Proteobacteria and Firmicutes D.

Keywords: bacterial community profile; bat gut microbiome; bats; cave bats; frugivorous bats.

Grants and funding

QMSR-FERD-IED-BIODIVE-643-4300/Department of Science and Technology, Philippines (DOST)