Richer Gut Microbiomes
Gregarious Chimps Harbor Richer Gut Microbiomes Article Review Every animal on earth produces bacteria that helps fight off germs and diseases from the body. In the article “Gregarious chimps harbor richer gut microbiomes”, the researches at Duke University performed a study on the gut microbes and the behavior of Chimpanzees. They studied the DNA droppings from forty Chimpanzees between 2000 and 2008. The article stated that in both humans and chimpanzees, the intestines hold lots of bacteria and microbes that do multiple things. They also hold some of the same bacteria like Olsenella and Prevotella. When the bacteria is low, diseases like obesity, diabetes, and chron’s appear (Duke University). During the study the researchers put the data of the bacteria and microbes with what the chimps ate each day and how much
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time they spent together. They found that when chimps spend time together and are more social, the bacteria and microbe’s levels go up. Steffen Foerster a researcher at Duke University said “Chimpanzees tend to spend more time together during the wet season when food is more abundant, during the dry season they spent more time alone” (Duke University). The researchers found that when the animal was more social they had twenty to twenty five percent more bacteria than when they spent time alone (Duke University). Having more bacteria in their intestines is a good thing because they have the ability to fight off more germs and diseases that make them sick. In this study, they did not focus on what the chimps ate to make the bacteria levels go up, but rather they studied the time the chimps spent with each other. When the chimps groom each other or mate, they pass bacteria on to one another. Even stepping in another chimp’s poop, they pick up bacteria (Duke University). The research shows that when chimps interact with one another they pick up just as many important bacteria’s than when they are alone. I think that this article is a good representation on why humans need interaction with one another.
We are a lot like Chimpanzees when it comes to the bacteria and microbes we carry in our body’s. I learned a lot about how chimpanzee’s intestines work and how they need to be social in order to remain healthy. The article mostly focused on the changes in bacteria and microbe levels when the chimpanzees were social. I like the article and what it was about. It had some interesting things in it that I had never heard of before I read this article. There is not much about the article that I would change. It made the point it was trying to get across clear and it the flowed together very well. The only question I still have about the article and topic is how are the chimpanzees affected when the bacteria levels are low? The article only mentioned that the levels were low when they are not sociable but not about what happens to them when it is low. At the end of the article it speaks about the gut microbiomes in humans. There has not been a study done on humans because some of the things they did to the chimpanzees are not allowed to be done on
humans. Duke University. “Gregarious chimps harbor richer gut microbiomes: Being sociable boosts gut microbe diversity in chimpanzees.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 January 2016. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160116214740.htm. Accessed 24 January 2017.
time they spent together. They found that when chimps spend time together and are more social, the bacteria and microbe’s levels go up. Steffen Foerster a researcher at Duke University said “Chimpanzees tend to spend more time together during the wet season when food is more abundant, during the dry season they spent more time alone” (Duke University). The researchers found that when the animal was more social they had twenty to twenty five percent more bacteria than when they spent time alone (Duke University). Having more bacteria in their intestines is a good thing because they have the ability to fight off more germs and diseases that make them sick. In this study, they did not focus on what the chimps ate to make the bacteria levels go up, but rather they studied the time the chimps spent with each other. When the chimps groom each other or mate, they pass bacteria on to one another. Even stepping in another chimp’s poop, they pick up bacteria (Duke University). The research shows that when chimps interact with one another they pick up just as many important bacteria’s than when they are alone. I think that this article is a good representation on why humans need interaction with one another.
We are a lot like Chimpanzees when it comes to the bacteria and microbes we carry in our body’s. I learned a lot about how chimpanzee’s intestines work and how they need to be social in order to remain healthy. The article mostly focused on the changes in bacteria and microbe levels when the chimpanzees were social. I like the article and what it was about. It had some interesting things in it that I had never heard of before I read this article. There is not much about the article that I would change. It made the point it was trying to get across clear and it the flowed together very well. The only question I still have about the article and topic is how are the chimpanzees affected when the bacteria levels are low? The article only mentioned that the levels were low when they are not sociable but not about what happens to them when it is low. At the end of the article it speaks about the gut microbiomes in humans. There has not been a study done on humans because some of the things they did to the chimpanzees are not allowed to be done on
humans. Duke University. “Gregarious chimps harbor richer gut microbiomes: Being sociable boosts gut microbe diversity in chimpanzees.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 January 2016. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160116214740.htm. Accessed 24 January 2017.