Supplementary material from "After the bite: bacterial transmission from grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) to harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena )"
Recent population growth of the harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ), grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus ) and common seal ( Phoca vitulina ) in the North Sea has increased potential interaction between these species. Grey seals are known to attack harbour porpoises. Some harbour porpoises survive ini...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4965407 2023-05-15T15:56:08+02:00 Supplementary material from "After the bite: bacterial transmission from grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) to harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena )" Gilbert, Maarten J. IJsseldijk, Lonneke L. Rubio-García, Ana Gröne, Andrea Duim, Birgitta Rossen, John Aldert L. Zomer Wagenaar, Jaap A. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4965407 https://rs.figshare.com/collections/Supplementary_material_from_After_the_bite_bacterial_transmission_from_grey_seals_i_Halichoerus_grypus_i_to_harbour_porpoises_i_Phocoena_phocoena_i_/4965407 unknown The Royal Society https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.192079 CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Microbiology FOS Biological sciences Collection article 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4965407 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.192079 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Recent population growth of the harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ), grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus ) and common seal ( Phoca vitulina ) in the North Sea has increased potential interaction between these species. Grey seals are known to attack harbour porpoises. Some harbour porpoises survive initially, but succumb eventually, often showing severely infected skin lesions. Bacteria transferred from the grey seal oral cavity may be involved in these infections and eventual death of the animal. In humans, seal bites are known to cause severe infections. In this study, a 16S rRNA-based microbiome sequencing approach is used to identify the oral bacterial diversity in harbour porpoises, grey seals and common seals; detect the potential transfer of bacteria from grey seals to harbour porpoises by biting and provide insights in the bacteria with zoonotic potential present in the seal oral cavity. β-diversity analysis showed that 12.9% (4/31) of the harbour porpoise skin lesion microbiomes resembled seal oral microbiomes, while most of the other skin lesion microbiomes also showed seal-associated bacterial species, including potential pathogens. In conclusion, this study shows that bacterial transmission from grey seals to harbour porpoises by biting is highly likely and that seal oral cavities harbour many bacterial pathogens with zoonotic potential. Article in Journal/Newspaper common seal Harbour porpoise Phoca vitulina Phocoena phocoena DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Recent population growth of the harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ), grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus ) and common seal ( Phoca vitulina ) in the North Sea has increased potential interaction between these species. Grey seals are known to attack harbour porpoises. Some harbour porpoises survive initially, but succumb eventually, often showing severely infected skin lesions. Bacteria transferred from the grey seal oral cavity may be involved in these infections and eventual death of the animal. In humans, seal bites are known to cause severe infections. In this study, a 16S rRNA-based microbiome sequencing approach is used to identify the oral bacterial diversity in harbour porpoises, grey seals and common seals; detect the potential transfer of bacteria from grey seals to harbour porpoises by biting and provide insights in the bacteria with zoonotic potential present in the seal oral cavity. β-diversity analysis showed that 12.9% (4/31) of the harbour porpoise skin lesion microbiomes resembled seal oral microbiomes, while most of the other skin lesion microbiomes also showed seal-associated bacterial species, including potential pathogens. In conclusion, this study shows that bacterial transmission from grey seals to harbour porpoises by biting is highly likely and that seal oral cavities harbour many bacterial pathogens with zoonotic potential. |
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Gilbert, Maarten J. IJsseldijk, Lonneke L. Rubio-García, Ana Gröne, Andrea Duim, Birgitta Rossen, John Aldert L. Zomer Wagenaar, Jaap A. |
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Gilbert, Maarten J. IJsseldijk, Lonneke L. Rubio-García, Ana Gröne, Andrea Duim, Birgitta Rossen, John Aldert L. Zomer Wagenaar, Jaap A. |
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Supplementary material from "After the bite: bacterial transmission from grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) to harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena )" |
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Supplementary material from "After the bite: bacterial transmission from grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) to harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena )" |
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Supplementary material from "After the bite: bacterial transmission from grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) to harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena )" |
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Supplementary material from "After the bite: bacterial transmission from grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) to harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena )" |
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Supplementary material from "After the bite: bacterial transmission from grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) to harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena )" |
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supplementary material from "after the bite: bacterial transmission from grey seals ( halichoerus grypus ) to harbour porpoises ( phocoena phocoena )" |
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