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Santos, Tamily; Giannini, Tereza Cristina

doi:10.29223/prod.tec.itv.ds.2018.1.santos

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“…Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) play an important ecological role in many different ecosystems, especially as pollinators and seed dispersers ( Ramírez-Fráncel et al, 2022 ), as well for their importance as potential vectors and natural reservoirs for several pathogens (e.g., virus, bacteria, fungi) ( Han et al, 2015 ; Allocati et al, 2016 ) and hosts for ectoparasites (e.g., flies, ticks, mites) ( Stuckey et al, 2017 ). In addition to their large number of species (1,460 worldwide; 181 in Brazil) ( Garbino et al, 2022 ; Upham et al, 2023 ) and broad geographic distribution, bats can also live in various habitats (wild, rural and urban) and have different dietary strategies (insectivore, carnivore, omnivore, frugivore, nectarivore, piscivore and hematophagy), which favor the exposure to a wide variety of environments and microorganisms ( Avena et al, 2016 ; Alcantara et al, 2022 ).…”

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Characterization of the bacterial microbiome of non-hematophagous bats and associated ectoparasites from Brazil

André,

Ikeda,

Lee

et al. 2023

Front. Microbiol.

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IntroductionBats, along with their ectoparasites, harbor a wide diversity of symbiotic and potential pathogenic bacteria. Despite the enormous diversity of bats (181 species), few studies aimed to investigate the bacterial microbiome of Brazilian chiropterans and associated ectoparasites. This study aimed to characterize the bacterial microbiome of non-hematophagous bats and associated Streblidae flies and Macronyssidae and Spinturnicidae mites in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, midwestern Brazil.MethodsOral and rectal swabs were collected from 30 bats (Artibeus lituratus [n = 13], Artibeus planirostris [n = 9], Eptesicus furinalis [n = 5], Carollia perspicillata [n = 2], and Platyrrhinus lineatus [n = 1]). In addition, a total of 58 mites (15 Macronyssidae and 43 Spinturnicidae) and 48 Streblidae bat flies were collected from the captured bats. After DNA extraction and purification, each sample’s bacterial composition was analyzed with metagenomic sequencing.ResultsThe microbiome composition of both oral and rectal bat swab samples showed that Gammaproteobacteria was the most abundant bacterial class. Spiroplasma, Wolbachia and Bartonella represented the most abundant genera in Streblidae flies. While Wolbachia (Alphaproteobacteria) was the most abundant genus found in Spinturnicidae, Arsenophonus (Gammaproteobacteria) was found in high abundance in Macronyssidae mites. In addition to characterizing the microbiome of each sample at the class and genus taxonomic levels, we identified medically significant bacteria able to infect both animals and humans in oral (Streptococcus and Anaplasma) and rectal swabs (Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Escherichia, Enterococcus, Streptococcus), Macronyssidae (Anaplasma, Bartonella, Ehrlichia) and Spinturnicidae (Anaplasma, Bartonella) mites as well as Streblidae flies (Spiroplasma, Bartonella).Discussion and conclusionBesides expanding the knowledge on the bacterial microbiome of non-hematophagous bats and Streblidae flies from Brazil, the present work showed, for the first time, the bacterial community of bat-associated Macronyssidae and Spinturnicidae mites.

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