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DOI10.1098/rsos.181068
Host species, pathogens and disease associated with divergent nasal microbial communities in tortoises
Weitzman, Chava L.1,2; Sandmeier, Franziska C.3; Tracy, C. Richard1
通讯作者Weitzman, Chava L.
来源期刊ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
ISSN2054-5703
出版年2018
卷号5期号:10
英文摘要

Diverse bacterial communities are found on every surface of macro-organisms, and they play important roles in maintaining normal physiological functions in their hosts. While the study of microbiomes has expanded with the influx of data enabled by recent technological advances, microbiome research in reptiles lags behind other organisms. We sequenced the nasal microbiomes in a sample of four North American tortoise species, and we found differing community compositions among tortoise species and sampling sites, with higher richness and diversity in Texas and Sonoran desert tortoises. Using these data, we investigated the prevalence and operational taxonomic unit (OTU) diversity of the potential pathogen Pasteurella testudinis and found it to be common, abundant and highly diverse. However, the presence of this bacterium was not associated with differences in bacterial community composition within host species. We also found that the presence of nasal discharge from tortoises at the time of sampling was associated with a decline in diversity and a change in microbiome composition, which we posit is due to the harsh epithelial environment associated with immune responses. Repeated sampling across seasons, and at different points of pathogen colonization, should contribute to our understanding of the causes and consequences of different bacterial communities in these long-lived hosts.


英文关键词bacteria Gopherus microbiome pyrosequencing tortoise upper respiratory tract disease
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000451073300057
WOS关键词UPPER RESPIRATORY-TRACT ; RANGING DESERT TORTOISES ; TESTUDINID HERPESVIRUS 2 ; MYCOPLASMA-AGASSIZII ; GOPHERUS-AGASSIZII ; PASTEURELLA-TESTUDINIS ; SP-NOV ; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-DENDROBATIDIS ; CUTANEOUS BACTERIA ; TICK MICROBIOME
WOS类目Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
来源机构Colorado State University
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/212847
作者单位1.Univ Nevada, Dept Biol, Reno, NV 89557 USA;
2.Univ Nevada, Program Ecol Evolut & Conservation Biol, Reno, NV 89557 USA;
3.Colorado State Univ Pueblo, Dept Biol, Pueblo, CO 81001 USA
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Weitzman, Chava L.,Sandmeier, Franziska C.,Tracy, C. Richard. Host species, pathogens and disease associated with divergent nasal microbial communities in tortoises[J]. Colorado State University,2018,5(10).
APA Weitzman, Chava L.,Sandmeier, Franziska C.,&Tracy, C. Richard.(2018).Host species, pathogens and disease associated with divergent nasal microbial communities in tortoises.ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE,5(10).
MLA Weitzman, Chava L.,et al."Host species, pathogens and disease associated with divergent nasal microbial communities in tortoises".ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 5.10(2018).
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