Improving the standards for gut microbiome analysis of fecal samples: insights from the field biology of Japanese macaques on Yakushima Island

Takashi Hayakawa; Akiko Sawada; Akifumi S. Tanabe; Shinji Fukuda; Takushi Kishida; Yosuke Kurihara; Kei Matsushima; Jie Liu; Etienne-Francois Akomo-Okoue; Waleska Gravena; Makoto Kashima; Mariko Suzuki; Kohmei Kadowaki; Takafumi Suzumura; Eiji Inoue; Hideki Sugiura; Goro Hanya; Kiyokazu Agata