The dynamics of Mediterranean Horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale, Chiroptera) gut microflora during hibernation

• Autorzy: Malinicova L. , Hrehova L. , Maxinova E. , Uhrin M. , Pristas P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Hibernation is an extraordinary phenomenon evolved in many animals including some mammals, allowing them to survive unfavorable environmental conditions. This period represents a phase of fasting, which is known to affect the gut microflora in nonhibernating mammals. Since during hibernation the physiological parameters (e.g., body temperature) differ from values in nonhibernating individuals, the food starvation is not the only parameter affecting the gut microflora. However, little is known about gut microflora in hibernating mammals. This study is focused on the examination of the gut microflora of Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale) during hibernation. Faecal samples were collected during the winter from November 2014 to March 2015 and subsequently subjected to cultivation, non-cultivation analyses and morphological examination. Cultivation analysis revealed that the numbers of total cultivable bacteria, enterobacteria and enterococci in the faecal samples decreased during the hibernation and restored to pre-hibernation numbers at the end of hibernation. Results of non-cultivation analysis showed time-dependent (but surprisingly almost not individual-specific) changes in the gut microflora and decrease in bacterial variability dependent on hibernation stage. Changes in microflora were accompanied by changes in faecal content identified by morphological analysis. Our results demonstrate that hibernation affects the gut microflora of bats in significant degree in both quantitative and qualitative scale

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Chiropterologica
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 19
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.211-218,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Malinicova L.

• Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Srobarova 2, 04154 Kosice, Slovakia

autor

Hrehova L.

• Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Srobarova 2, 04154 Kosice, Slovakia

autor

Maxinova E.

• Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Srobarova 2, 04154 Kosice, Slovakia
• Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Basque Country

autor

Uhrin M.

• Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Srobarova 2, 04154 Kosice, Slovakia
• Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 1176, CZ—165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic

autor

Pristas P.

• Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Srobarova 2, 04154 Kosice, Slovakia
• Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Šoltésovej 4—6, 04001 Kosice, Slovakia

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DOI

10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.1.017