Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird
Abstract: Sexual transmission is an important mode of disease propagation, yet its mechanisms remain largely unknown in wild populations. Birds comprise an important model for studying sexually transmitted microbes because their cloaca provides a potential for both gastrointestinal pathogens and end...
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ftunivantwerpen:c:irua:95540 2023-07-16T04:00:41+02:00 Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird White, Joel Mirleau, Pascal Danchin, Etienne Mulard, Herve Hatch, Scott A. Heeb, Philipp Wagner, Richard H. 2010 pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10067/955400151162165141 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/J.1461-0248.2010.01542.X info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isi/000284369200007 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess 1461-023X Ecology letters Chemistry Biology info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2010 ftunivantwerpen https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1461-0248.2010.01542.X 2023-06-26T22:15:39Z Abstract: Sexual transmission is an important mode of disease propagation, yet its mechanisms remain largely unknown in wild populations. Birds comprise an important model for studying sexually transmitted microbes because their cloaca provides a potential for both gastrointestinal pathogens and endosymbionts to become incorporated into ejaculates. We experimentally demonstrate in a wild population of kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) that bacteria are transmitted during copulation and affect the composition and diversity of female bacterial communities. We used an anti-insemination device attached to males in combination with a molecular technique (automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis) that describes bacterial communities. After inseminations were experimentally blocked, the cloacal communities of mates became increasingly dissimilar. Moreover, female cloacal diversity decreased and the extinction of mate-shared bacteria increased, indicating that female cloacal assemblages revert to their pre-copulatory state and that the cloaca comprises a resilient microbial ecosystem. Article in Journal/Newspaper rissa tridactyla IRUA - Institutional Repository van de Universiteit Antwerpen Ecology Letters 13 12 1515 1524 |
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Abstract: Sexual transmission is an important mode of disease propagation, yet its mechanisms remain largely unknown in wild populations. Birds comprise an important model for studying sexually transmitted microbes because their cloaca provides a potential for both gastrointestinal pathogens and endosymbionts to become incorporated into ejaculates. We experimentally demonstrate in a wild population of kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) that bacteria are transmitted during copulation and affect the composition and diversity of female bacterial communities. We used an anti-insemination device attached to males in combination with a molecular technique (automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis) that describes bacterial communities. After inseminations were experimentally blocked, the cloacal communities of mates became increasingly dissimilar. Moreover, female cloacal diversity decreased and the extinction of mate-shared bacteria increased, indicating that female cloacal assemblages revert to their pre-copulatory state and that the cloaca comprises a resilient microbial ecosystem. |
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White, Joel Mirleau, Pascal Danchin, Etienne Mulard, Herve Hatch, Scott A. Heeb, Philipp Wagner, Richard H. |
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White, Joel Mirleau, Pascal Danchin, Etienne Mulard, Herve Hatch, Scott A. Heeb, Philipp Wagner, Richard H. |
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White, Joel |
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Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird |
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Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird |
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Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird |
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Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird |
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Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird |
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sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird |
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