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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ftunivmilanobic:oai:boa.unimib.it:10281/253943 2024-04-21T07:53:09+00:00 Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts Musitelli F. Ambrosini R. Caffi M. Caprioli M. Rubolini D. Saino N. Franzetti A. Gandolfi I. Musitelli, F Ambrosini, R Caffi, M Caprioli, M Rubolini, D Saino, N Franzetti, A Gandolfi, I 2018 http://hdl.handle.net/10281/253943 https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2018.1459865 eng eng Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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/10281/253943 doi:10.1080/03949370.2018.1459865 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85047911842 Apus apu high-throughput sequencing migratory bird plumage bacteria info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftunivmilanobic https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2018.1459865 2024-03-28T01:16:08Z 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 Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca: BOA (Bicocca Open Archive) Ethology Ecology & Evolution 30 6 569 581 |
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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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Musitelli, F Ambrosini, R Caffi, M Caprioli, M Rubolini, D Saino, N Franzetti, A Gandolfi, I |
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Musitelli F. Ambrosini R. Caffi M. Caprioli M. Rubolini D. Saino N. Franzetti A. Gandolfi I. |
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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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