ReviewGenes2018
Olfactory Communication via Microbiota: What Is Known in Birds?
Review in Genes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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23 citing papers in PubMed.
- A microbiome-derived olfactory signal regulates inter-male aggression and social dominance in mice.Current biology : CB · 2026Article
- Universes within universes: microbiome diversity associated with different body parts of the sand lizard (PeerJ · 2026Article
- Microbial metabolites as engines of behavioral variation across animals.Gut microbes · 2025Review
- Uropygial gland microbiota of nearctic-neotropical migrants vary with season and migration distance.Animal microbiome · 2025Article
- Microbiota and the volatile profile of avian nests are associated with each other and with the intensity of parasitism.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Article
- Social environment influences microbiota and potentially pathogenic bacterial communities on the skin of developing birds.Animal microbiome · 2024Article
- Volatiles of symbiotic bacterial origin explain ectoparasitism and fledging success of hoopoes.Animal microbiome · 2024Article
- The microbiome effect on the female reproductive performance.Animal reproduction · 2024Review
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- Timing matters: age-dependent impacts of the social environment and host selection on the avian gut microbiota.Microbiome · 2022Article
- Uropygial gland microbiota differ between free-living and captive songbirds.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Habitat-dependentParasitology · 2022Article
- Experiment in semi-natural conditions did not confirm the influence of malaria infection on bird attractiveness to mosquitoes.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Symbiotic microbiota and odor ensure mating in time for giant pandas.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Microbial infection risk predicts antimicrobial potential of avian symbionts.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Interactions between reproductive biology and microbiomes in wild animal species.Animal microbiome · 2021Review
- Ingestion of Lactobacillus rhamnosus modulates chronic stress-induced feather pecking in chickens.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Microbially Mediated Chemical Ecology of Animals: A Review of Its Role in Conspecific Communication, Parasitism and Predation.Biology · 2021Review
- The Gut Microbial Composition Is Species-Specific and Individual-Specific in Two Species of Estrildid Finches, the Bengalese Finch and the Zebra Finch.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Family matters: skin microbiome reflects the social group and spatial proximity in wild zebra finches.BMC ecology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Animal bodies harbour a complex and diverse community of microorganisms and accumulating evidence has revealed that microbes can influence the hosts' behaviour, for example by altering body odours. Microbial communities produce odorant molecules as metabolic by-products and thereby modulate the biochemical signalling profiles of their animal hosts. As the diversity and the relative abundance of microbial species are influenced by several factors including host-specific factors, environmental factors and social interactions, there are substantial individual variations in the composition of microbial communities. In turn, the variations in microbial communities would consequently affect social and communicative behaviour by influencing recognition cues of the hosts. Therefore, microbiota studies have a great potential to expand our understanding of recognition of conspecifics, group members and kin. In this review, we aim to summarize existing knowledge of the factors influencing the microbial communities and the effect of microbiota on olfactory cue production and social and communicative behaviour. We concentrate on avian taxa, yet we also include recent research performed on non-avian species when necessary.
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