2016
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01753
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Deconstructing the Bat Skin Microbiome: Influences of the Host and the Environment

Abstract: Bats are geographically widespread and play an important role in many ecosystems, but relatively little is known about the ecology of their associated microbial communities and the role microbial taxa play in bat health, development, and evolution. Moreover, few vertebrate animal skin microbiomes have been comprehensively assessed, and thus characterizing the bat skin microbiome will yield valuable insight into the variability of vertebrate skin microbiomes as a whole. The recent emergence of the skin fungal d… Show more

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“…behavioral, immune response, and microbiomes), may play a role in WNS susceptibility . While investigations into the microbiomes of North American bats have been conducted to help characterize their skin microbiota (Avena et al, 2016;Lemieux-Labonté, Simard, Willis, & Lapointe, 2017;Winter et al, 2017), host-microbial interactions and their impact on bat health remains an important knowledge gap (Avena et al, 2016). Comparing the bacterial and fungal microbial composition of Pd-positive and Pd-negative bats across the range of Pd spread in North America provides an opportunity to investigate the changes a pathogenic fungus has on the host skin microbial community across several bat species.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…behavioral, immune response, and microbiomes), may play a role in WNS susceptibility . While investigations into the microbiomes of North American bats have been conducted to help characterize their skin microbiota (Avena et al, 2016;Lemieux-Labonté, Simard, Willis, & Lapointe, 2017;Winter et al, 2017), host-microbial interactions and their impact on bat health remains an important knowledge gap (Avena et al, 2016). Comparing the bacterial and fungal microbial composition of Pd-positive and Pd-negative bats across the range of Pd spread in North America provides an opportunity to investigate the changes a pathogenic fungus has on the host skin microbial community across several bat species.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Finally, we cannot exclude that contamination from the skin and fur of bats may have occurred when collecting urine and feces. Indeed, the microbiota of bat's skin and fur is rich (Avena et al, ; Winter et al, ) and control samples (by swabbing the skin and fur of bats) should therefore be included in future investigations.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research to understand bacterial and fungal infections in bats is growing and has led to the identification of potential pathogenic bacterial species in bats (Avena et al, 2016;Banskar et al, 2016). Cell lines, as previously shown (Nepelska et al, 2017), can be effective tools to dissect the role of these organisms in the overall health of bats.…”
Section: Using Cell Lines To Study Host Responses To Pathogens That Cmentioning
confidence: 99%