ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023
In sickness and in health: the dynamics of the fruit bat gut microbiota under a bacterial antigen challenge and its association with the immune response.
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- Integrating the Microbiome Into Infection Ecology and Evolution in Wild Animals.Molecular ecology · 2026Review
- Microbial network assembly in bat flies with differing host specificity from North Africa.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Article
- Bacterial Composition Across Bat Species: A Human Health Perspective.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Structural and Functional Differences in the Gut and Lung Microbiota of Pregnant Pomona Leaf-Nosed Bats.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- The Gut Microbiota of the Greater Horseshoe Bat Confers Rapidly Corresponding Immune Cells in Mice.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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- Bat Ecology and Microbiome of the Gut: A Narrative Review of Associated Potentials in Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Advances in understanding bat infection dynamics across biological scales.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Review
- The gut microbiota-immune-brain axis in a wild vertebrate: dynamic interactions and health impacts.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Interactions between the gut microbiome (GM) and the immune system influence host health and fitness. However, few studies have investigated this link and GM dynamics during disease in wild species. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) have an exceptional ability to cope with intracellular pathogens and a unique GM adapted to powered flight. Yet, the contribution of the GM to bat health, especially immunity, or how it is affected by disease, remains unknown. Methods: Here, we examined the dynamics of the Egyptian fruit bats' ( Results: We revealed that the antigen challenge causes a shift in the composition of the bat GM ( Conclusion: Our results demonstrate a tight link between bat immune response and changes in their GM, and emphasize the importance of integrating microbial ecology in ecoimmunological studies of wild species. The resilience of the GM may provide this species with an adaptive advantage to cope with infections and maintain colony health.
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