author keywords: cichlid fish; mouthbrooding; social behavior; parental care; starvation; hibernation; estivation

MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological / physiology; Animals; Biological Evolution; Cichlids / microbiology; Cichlids / physiology; Consummatory Behavior / physiology; Female; Food; Gastrointestinal Microbiome / genetics; Intestines / cytology; Intestines / microbiology; Intestines / physiology; Starvation

TL;DR: The gut microbiota of female Astatotilapia burtoni cichlid fish is characterized throughout the obligatory phase of self‐induced starvation during the brooding cycle and is more strongly influenced by physiological changes specific to mouthbrooding including the reduced epithelial turnover and possible production of antimicrobial agents. (via Semantic Scholar)