White-nose syndrome restructures bat skin microbiomes

Inherent complexities in the composition of microbiomes can often preclude investigations of microbe-associated diseases. Instead of single organisms being associated with disease, community characteristics may be more relevant. Longitudinal microbiome studies of the same individual bats as pathogen...

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Published in:Microbiology spectrum 2023-12, Vol.11 (6), p.e0271523-e0271523
Main Authors: Ange-Stark, Meghan, Parise, Katy L, Cheng, Tina L, Hoyt, Joseph R, Langwig, Kate E, Frick, Winifred F, Kilpatrick, A Marm, Gillece, John, MacManes, Matthew D, Foster, Jeffrey T
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Language:English
Subjects:
bat populations
disease ecology
Environmental Microbiology
Eptesicus fuscus
microbiome
Myotis lucifugus
Perimyotis subflavus
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Summary:Inherent complexities in the composition of microbiomes can often preclude investigations of microbe-associated diseases. Instead of single organisms being associated with disease, community characteristics may be more relevant. Longitudinal microbiome studies of the same individual bats as pathogens arrive and infect a population are the ideal experiment but remain logistically challenging; therefore, investigations like our approach that are able to correlate invasive pathogens to alterations within a microbiome may be the next best alternative. The results of this study potentially suggest that microbiome-host interactions may determine the likelihood of infection. However, the contrasting relationship between Pd and the bacterial microbiomes of and indicate that we are just beginning to understand how the bat microbiome interacts with a fungal invader such as Pd.
ISSN:2165-0497
2165-0497
DOI:10.1128/spectrum.02715-23