Population growth and industrialization have led to a race for greater food and supply
productivity. As a result, the occupation and population of forest areas, contact with wildlife …

Rodents (order Rodentia), followed by bats (order Chiroptera), comprise the largest
percentage of living mammals on earth. Thus, it is not surprising that these two orders …

Introduction Bats, along with their ectoparasites, harbor a wide diversity of symbiotic and
potential pathogenic bacteria. Despite the enormous diversity of bats (181 species), few …

Bats (Chiroptera) are flying mammals of great biodiversity and habits. These characteristics
contribute for them being natural reservoirs and part of the epidemiological cycle of several …

Nipah henipavirus (NiV) and Hendra henipavirus (HeV) are zoonotic emerging
paramyxoviruses causing severe disease outbreaks in humans and livestock, mostly in …

The mycobiome of the cave Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, housing the peculiar fresco
painting of “The Bald-headed Jesus”, was analyzed via culture-dependent and-independent …

The advent of next generation sequencing technologies (NGS) has greatly accelerated our
understanding of critical aspects of organismal biology from non-model organisms. Bats …

Caves are ecosystems and natural heritage sites with magnificent biological diversity, from
microorganisms to animals, despite their selective environment for development and …

Fungi can colonize organic matter present in subterranean sites and have a significant role
as dwellers in different microniches of cave habitats. In order to analyze the content of …

Fungal pathogens have become an increasingly important topic in recent decades. Yet
whilst various cankers and blights have gained attention in temperate woodlands and crops …