PRJNA531525
Tibetan pigs gut microflora
The gastrointestinal tract, known as gut, constructs the major part of digestive system for all bilaterians. It has become increasingly appealing to scientific researchers during the past decade due to gut microbiome within. The gut microbiome consists of various microorganisms like bacteria, fungi and viruses, trillions of these microbes settle in the gastrointestinal tract and they are essential for host's immune system, certain diseases might have been linked to the imbalance of gastrointestinal microbial environment. The gut flora is crucial to overall health of the host. Different species have different quantities and distributions of gut microbiome, even it differs among several subspecies, referring to diverse animal breed, nutrition, animal age and environmental factors, etc.