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ArticleEcology and evolution2019

Studying the microbiota of bats: Accuracy of direct and indirect samplings.

Muriel Dietrich, Wanda Markotter

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The microbiome of bat guano: for what is this knowledge important?Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Muriel DietrichDepartment of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Viral Zoonoses University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2665-7970
Wanda MarkotterDepartment of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Viral Zoonoses University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the recurrent bat-associated disease outbreaks in humans and recent advances in metagenomics sequencing, the microbiota of bats is increasingly being studied. However, obtaining biological samples directly from wild individuals may represent a challenge, and thus, indirect passive sampling (without capturing bats) is sometimes used as an alternative. Currently, it is not known whether the bacterial community assessed using this approach provides an accurate representation of the bat microbiota. This study was designed to compare the use of direct sampling (based on bat capture and handling) and indirect sampling (collection of bat's excretions under bat colonies) in assessing bacterial communities in bats. Using high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing of urine and feces samples from

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16S rRNA sequencingbatsfecesIlluminaSouth Africaurine

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PMID30847068
PMCPMC6392341
OpenAlexW2914039441

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