ArticleMicrobial ecology2023
The Mycobiome of Bats in the American Southwest Is Structured by Geography, Bat Species, and Behavior.
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- Bat skin microbiome and the association of ecoregion and bat species that impacted isolation of members with bioactivity against Pseudogymnoascus destructans.Animal microbiome · 2026Article
- Dancing with the Dust Devil: Examining the Lung Mycobiome of Sonoran Desert Wild Mammals and the Effect ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Phylogenetic and ecological drivers of the avian lung mycobiome and its potentially pathogenic component.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Variation and assembly mechanisms ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Microbial community dynamics in blood, faeces and oral secretions of neotropical bats in Casanare, Colombia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Gypsum Cave Biofilm Communities are Strongly Influenced by Bat- And Arthropod-Related Fungi.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
- Structure and assembly process of skin fungal communities among bat species in northern China.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- When the host's away, the pathogen will play: the protective role of the skin microbiome during hibernation.Animal microbiome · 2023Review
- Assessing the threat of bat-associated fungal pathogens.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Bats are widespread mammals that play key roles in ecosystems as pollinators and insectivores. However, there is a paucity of information about bat-associated microbes, in particular their fungal communities, despite the important role microbes play in host health and overall host function. The emerging fungal disease, white-nose syndrome, presents a potential challenge to the bat microbiome and understanding healthy bat-associated taxa will provide valuable information about potential microbiome-pathogen interactions. To address this knowledge gap, we collected 174 bat fur/skin swabs from 14 species of bats captured in five locations in New Mexico and Arizona and used high-throughput sequencing of the fungal internal transcribed (ITS) region to characterize bat-associated fungal communities. Our results revealed a highly heterogeneous bat mycobiome that was structured by geography and bat species. Furthermore, our data suggest that bat-associated fungal communities are affected by bat foraging, indicating the bat skin microbiota is dynamic on short time scales. Finally, despite the strong effects of site and species, we found widespread and abundant taxa from several taxonomic groups including the genera Alternaria and Metschnikowia that have the potential to be inhibitory towards fungal and bacterial pathogens.
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