Commentary: Phyllostomid bat microbiome composition is associated to host phylogeny and feeding strategies

Banerjee, Arinjay; Pérez‐López, Edel; Mossman, Karen

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02863

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“…Therefore, the detected plant pathogenic potential most likely is due to plant-feeding insects. The finding appears significant in light of the previous scarce literature on birds and bats as potential carriers of plant pathogens [22][23][24] . Indeed, we detected ASVs, which were assigned to Erwinia persicina as well as Pantoea agglomerans, and, less frequently, to Erwinia rhapontici, Pseudomonas syringae and Clavibacter michiganensis.…”

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Pathogenic taxa constitute a substantial portion of bat and wild bird fecal bacterial microbiota

Poosakkannu,

Xu,

Suominen

et al. 2023

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We report European-wide characteristics of fecal bacterial microbiota of four migratory vertebrates. The 351 sample PacBio dataset of almost the entire 16S rRNA gene on one bat (Pipistrellus nathusii) and three bird species (Turdus merula, Anas platyrhynchos, Columba palumbus) with 438,997 amplicon sequence variants assigned 3,277 bacterial species. Plant pathogens were frequently detected, in particular with bat, e.g., Erwinia persicina and Pseudomonas syringae. Also, >90% of the PacBio reads were assigned in 36 samples to genera having species pathogenic to human or animals, e.g., the well-known or emerging enteropathogens Campylobacter jejuni and Escherichia marmotae. We designate individuals of these 36 samples as pathogen bloomers, i.e., previously unknown high risk sources of pathogen spillover. Statistically, more pathogen PacBio reads were detected at higher latitudes and in younger age groups. The studied highly mobile vertebrates appear as a potential concern for human, animal and plant health across the European continent.

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Pathogenic taxa constitute a substantial portion of bat and wild bird fecal bacterial microbiota

Poosakkannu,

Xu,

Suominen

et al. 2023

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“…In both cases, the consumption of food contaminated with urine or saliva from infected pteropid bats was the likely source of virus introduction (Nikolay et al, 2019;Chua et al, 2002;Halpin et al, 2011). Factors that may affect the viability of microbes as they transition through the bat gut remain to be identified (Banerjee et al, 2018b). However, it must be noted that zoonotic transmission events are extremely transient and not all bats are infected or shedding virus constantly.…”

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Molecular, ecological, and behavioral drivers of the bat-virus relationship

Gonzalez

Banerjee

2022

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The influence of species identity and geographic locations on gut microbiota of small rodents

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Microbiol.

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Although the correlation between gut microbiota, species identity and geographic locations has long attracted the interest of scientists, to what extent species identity and geographic locations influence the gut microbiota assemblages in granivorous rodents needs further investigation. In this study, we performed a survey of gut microbial communities of four rodent species (Apodemus agrarius, A. peninsulae, Tamias sibiricus and Clethrionomys rufocanus) distributed in two areas with great distance (> 600 km apart), to assess if species identity dominates over geographic locations in shaping gut microbial profiles using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We found that gut microbiota composition varied significantly across host species and was closely correlated with host genetics. We identified strong species identity effects on gut microbial composition, with a comparatively weaker signal of geographic provenance on the intestinal microbiota. Specifically, microbiota of one species was on average more similar to that of conspecifics living in separate sites than to members of a closely related species living in the same location. Our study suggests that both host genetics and geographical variations influence gut microbial diversity of four rodent species, which merits further investigation to reveal the patterns of phylogenetic correlation of gut microbial community assembly in mammals across multiple habitats.

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Commentary: Phyllostomid bat microbiome composition is associated to host phylogeny and feeding strategies

Cited by 3 publications

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Pathogenic taxa constitute a substantial portion of bat and wild bird fecal bacterial microbiota

Pathogenic taxa constitute a substantial portion of bat and wild bird fecal bacterial microbiota

Molecular, ecological, and behavioral drivers of the bat-virus relationship

The influence of species identity and geographic locations on gut microbiota of small rodents

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