Unveiled feather microcosm: feather microbiota of passerine birds is closely associated with host species identity and bacteriocin-producing bacteria

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F19%3A00505050" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/19:00505050 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/19:10394440 RIV/60460709:41210/19:79186 RIV/00216208:11120/19:43918254 RIV/61989592:15310/19:73598994

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0438-4" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0438-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0438-4" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41396-019-0438-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Unveiled feather microcosm: feather microbiota of passerine birds is closely associated with host species identity and bacteriocin-producing bacteria

Original language description

The functional relevance of microbiota is a key aspect for understanding host–microbiota interactions. Mammalian skin harbours a complex consortium of beneficial microorganisms known to provide health and immune-boosting advantages. As yet, however, little is known about functional microbial communities on avian feathers, including their co-evolution with the host and factors determining feather microbiota (FM) diversity. Using 16S rRNA profiling, we investigated how host species identity, phylogeny and geographic origin determine FM in free-living passerine birds. Moreover, we estimated the relative abundance of bacteriocin-producing bacteria (BPB) and keratinolytic feather damaging bacteria (FDB) and evaluated the ability of BPB to affect FM diversity and relative abundance of FDB. Host species identity was associated with feather bacterial communities more strongly than host geographic origin. FM functional properties differed in terms of estimated BPB and FDB relative abundance, with both showing interspecific variation. FM diversity was negatively associated with BPB relative abundance across species, whereas BPB and FDB relative abundance was positively correlated. This study provides the first thorough evaluation of antimicrobial peptides-producing bacterial communities inhabiting the feather integument, including their likely potential to mediate niche-competition and to be associated with functional speciesspecific feather microbiota in avian hosts.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GP14-16861P" target="_blank" >GP14-16861P: Role of feather-degrading bacteria in the evolution of different moult strategies in resident and migratory passerines</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

The ISME Journal

ISSN

1751-7362

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

2363-2376

UT code for WoS article

000482118300018

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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