Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts
We provide the first-ever investigation of feather microbiota by high throughput DNA sequencing for any bird species by describing bacteria found on the innermost tertial feather of 22 adult common swifts (Apus apus). We found feather microbiomes with large abundance of Bacillales, Actinomycetales,...
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ftunivmilanoair:oai:air.unimi.it:2434/635927 2024-02-11T09:59:06+01:00 Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts Musitelli, Federica Ambrosini, Roberto Caffi, Mario Caprioli, Manuela Rubolini, Diego Saino, Nicola Franzetti, Andrea Gandolfi, Isabella F. Musitelli R. Ambrosini M. Caffi M. Caprioli D. Rubolini N. Saino A. Franzetti I. Gandolfi 2018-11 http://hdl.handle.net/2434/635927 https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2018.1459865 eng eng Taylor & Francis info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000446964500006 volume:30 issue:6 firstpage:569 lastpage:581 numberofpages:13 journal:ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION http://hdl.handle.net/2434/635927 doi:10.1080/03949370.2018.1459865 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85047911842 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Apus apu high-throughput sequencing migratory bird plumage bacteria Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematic Animal Science and Zoology Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftunivmilanoair https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2018.1459865 2024-01-16T23:30:23Z We provide the first-ever investigation of feather microbiota by high throughput DNA sequencing for any bird species by describing bacteria found on the innermost tertial feather of 22 adult common swifts (Apus apus). We found feather microbiomes with large abundance of Bacillales, Actinomycetales, Burkholderiales, Sphingobacteriales, Sphingomonadales, Rhizobiales, Pseudomonadales, Clostridiales, Rubrobacterales and Lactobacillales. Bacterial communities did not change with any feature of individual swifts. Network and cluster analysis of feather microbiomes disclosed three clusters, characterized by bacteria typical of seawater, plants and soil and unrelated to conditions at the breeding grounds. We hypothesize that feather microbiomes reflect, at least partly, airborne bacterial communities of the environments where individuals spent non-breeding periods, or of those that they crossed during migration, rather than breeding environment. If confirmed, this evidence may disclose the possibility to use feather bacteria as proxies for tracing non-breeding origin and routes of migratory birds. Article in Journal/Newspaper Apus apus The University of Milan: Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (AIR) Ethology Ecology & Evolution 30 6 569 581 |
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Apus apu high-throughput sequencing migratory bird plumage bacteria Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematic Animal Science and Zoology Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia Musitelli, Federica Ambrosini, Roberto Caffi, Mario Caprioli, Manuela Rubolini, Diego Saino, Nicola Franzetti, Andrea Gandolfi, Isabella Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts |
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We provide the first-ever investigation of feather microbiota by high throughput DNA sequencing for any bird species by describing bacteria found on the innermost tertial feather of 22 adult common swifts (Apus apus). We found feather microbiomes with large abundance of Bacillales, Actinomycetales, Burkholderiales, Sphingobacteriales, Sphingomonadales, Rhizobiales, Pseudomonadales, Clostridiales, Rubrobacterales and Lactobacillales. Bacterial communities did not change with any feature of individual swifts. Network and cluster analysis of feather microbiomes disclosed three clusters, characterized by bacteria typical of seawater, plants and soil and unrelated to conditions at the breeding grounds. We hypothesize that feather microbiomes reflect, at least partly, airborne bacterial communities of the environments where individuals spent non-breeding periods, or of those that they crossed during migration, rather than breeding environment. If confirmed, this evidence may disclose the possibility to use feather bacteria as proxies for tracing non-breeding origin and routes of migratory birds. |
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F. Musitelli R. Ambrosini M. Caffi M. Caprioli D. Rubolini N. Saino A. Franzetti I. Gandolfi |
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Musitelli, Federica Ambrosini, Roberto Caffi, Mario Caprioli, Manuela Rubolini, Diego Saino, Nicola Franzetti, Andrea Gandolfi, Isabella |
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Musitelli, Federica Ambrosini, Roberto Caffi, Mario Caprioli, Manuela Rubolini, Diego Saino, Nicola Franzetti, Andrea Gandolfi, Isabella |
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Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts |
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Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts |
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Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts |
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Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts |
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Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts |
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ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts |
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