Gut microbiome heritability is nearly universal but environmentally contingent

L Grieneisen, M Dasari, TJ Gould, JR Björk, JC Grenier… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Relatives have more similar gut microbiomes than nonrelatives, but the degree to which this
similarity results from shared genotypes versus shared environments has been …

Gut Leakage of Fungal‐Related Products: Turning Up the Heat for HIV Infection

S Isnard, J Lin, S Bu, B Fombuena, L Royston… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The intestinal epithelial layer serves as a physical and functional barrier between the
microbiota in the lumen and immunologically active submucosa. Th17 T-cell function …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the roles of fungi and protist in the giant panda gut microbiome and antibiotic resistome

D Zhu, L Lu, Z Zhang, D Qi, M Zhang, P O'Connor… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
The mammal gut is a rich reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and the
relationship between bacterial communities and ARGs has been widely studied. Despite …

VESPA: an optimized protocol for accurate metabarcoding-based characterization of vertebrate eukaryotic endosymbiont and parasite assemblages

LA Owens, S Friant, B Martorelli Di Genova… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Protocols for characterizing taxonomic assemblages by deep sequencing of short DNA
barcode regions (metabarcoding) have revolutionized our understanding of microbial …

Dietary shifts and social interactions drive temporal fluctuations of the gut microbiome from wild redfronted lemurs

T Murillo, D Schneider, C Fichtel… - ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Animals living in highly seasonal environments adapt their diets accordingly to changes in
food availability. The gut microbiome as an active participant in the metabolization of the …

Interactions between parasitic helminths and gut microbiota in wild tropical primates from intact and fragmented habitats

C Barelli, C Donati, D Albanese, B Pafčo, D Modrý… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The mammalian gastrointestinal tract harbours a highly complex ecosystem composed of a
variety of micro-(bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoans) and macro-organisms (helminths) …

Assessing the drivers of gut microbiome composition in wild redfronted lemurs via longitudinal metacommunity analysis

T Murillo, D Schneider, M Heistermann, R Daniel… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The gut microbiome influences host's immunity, development, and metabolism and
participates in the gut–brain axis, thus impacting the health of the host. It is a dynamic …

Defining gut mycobiota for wild animals: a need for caution in assigning authentic resident fungal taxa

A Lavrinienko, T Scholier, ST Bates, AN Miller… - Animal microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Animal gut mycobiota, the community of fungi that reside within the gastrointestinal tract,
make an important contribution to host health. Accordingly, there is an emerging interest to …

The primate gut mycobiome-bacteriome interface is impacted by environmental and subsistence factors

AK Sharma, S Davison, B Pafco, JB Clayton… - npj Biofilms and …, 2022 - nature.com
The gut microbiome of primates is known to be influenced by both host genetic background
and subsistence strategy. However, these inferences have been made mainly based on …

Gut eukaryotic communities in pigs: diversity, composition and host genetics contribution

Y Ramayo-Caldas, F Prenafeta-Boldú, LM Zingaretti… - Animal Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background The pig gut microbiome harbors thousands of species of archaea, bacteria,
viruses and eukaryotes such as protists and fungi. However, since the majority of published …