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

Functions and emerging applications of bacteriocins

(2018) Michael L Chikindas et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Chemical regulation of body feather microbiota in a wild bird

(2018) Staffan Jacob et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Convergent shifts in host-associated microbial communities across environmentally elicited phenotypes

(2018) Tyler J. Carrier et al.   Nature Communications

ReprDB and panDB: minimalist databases with maximal microbial representation

(2018) Wei Zhou et al.   Microbiome

Developmental trajectories of amphibian microbiota: response to bacterial therapy depends on initial community structure

(2017) Leyla R. Davis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Deciphering interactions between the gut microbiota and the immune system via microbial cultivation and minimal microbiomes

(2017) Thomas Clavel et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Identification of Bufadienolides from the Boreal Toad, Anaxyrus boreas, Active Against a Fungal Pathogen

(2017) Kelly Barnhart et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Relative Abundance and Strain Diversity in the Bacterial Endosymbiont Community of a Sap-Feeding Insect Across Its Native and Introduced Geographic Range

(2017) Caroline Fromont et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Comparison of Microbiomes between Red Poultry Mite Populations (Dermanyssus gallinae): Predominance of Bartonella-like Bacteria

(2017) Jan Hubert et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Individual- and Species-Specific Skin Microbiomes in Three Different Estrildid Finch Species Revealed by 16S Amplicon Sequencing

(2017) Kathrin Engel et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Codiversification of gastrointestinal microbiota and phylogeny in passerines is not explained by ecological divergence

(2017) Lucie Kropáčková et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Dispersal limitation promotes the diversification of the mammalian gut microbiota

(2017) Andrew H. Moeller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Versatility and commercial status of microbial keratinases: a review

(2017) Ruchi Sharma et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Antimicrobials from human skin commensal bacteria protect against Staphylococcus aureus and are deficient in atopic dermatitis

(2017) Teruaki Nakatsuji et al.   Science Translational Medicine

A Natural Chimeric Pseudomonas Bacteriocin with Novel Pore-Forming Activity Parasitizes the Ferrichrome Transporter

(2017) Maarten G. K. Ghequire et al.   mBio

Unraveling the processes shaping mammalian gut microbiomes over evolutionary time

(2017) Mathieu Groussin et al.   Nature Communications

Topographical diversity of common skin microflora and its association with skin environment type: An observational study in Chinese women

(2017) Xi Li et al.   Scientific Reports

The Hologenome Across Environments and the Implications of a Host-Associated Microbial Repertoire

(2017) Tyler J. Carrier et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Temporal Stability and the Effect of Transgenerational Transfer on Fecal Microbiota Structure in a Long Distance Migratory Bird

(2017) Jakub Kreisinger et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Composition of Micro-eukaryotes on the Skin of the Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae) and Patterns of Correlation between Skin Microbes and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2017) Jordan G. Kueneman et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Characterization of the Microbiome along the Gastrointestinal Tract of Growing Turkeys

(2017) Toby J. Wilkinson et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Versatility and commercial status of microbial keratinases: a review

(2017) Ruchi Sharma et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Seasonal, spatial, and maternal effects on gut microbiome in wild red squirrels

(2017) Tiantian Ren et al.   Microbiome

Multi-level comparisons of cloacal, skin, feather and nest-associated microbiota suggest considerable influence of horizontal acquisition on the microbiota assembly of sympatric woodlarks and skylarks

(2017) H. Pieter J. van Veelen et al.   Microbiome

Morphological and genetic factors shape the microbiome of a seabird species (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) more than environmental and social factors

(2017) Douglas S. Pearce et al.   Microbiome

Role of KCNB1 in the prognosis of gliomas and autophagy modulation

(2017) Hao-Yuan Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Feather-degrading bacilli in the plumage of wild birds: Prevalence and relation to feather wear

(2016) Cody M. Kent et al.   AUK

Feather-degrading bacteria, uropygial gland size and feather quality in House SparrowsPasser domesticus

(2016) Attila Fülöp et al.   IBIS

Skin bacterial diversity of Panamanian frogs is associated with host susceptibility and presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2016) Eria A Rebollar et al.   ISME Journal

Shaping of cutaneous function by encounters with commensals

(2016) Emma Barnard et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Microbiome evolution along divergent branches of the vertebrate tree of life: what is known and unknown

(2016) Timothy J. Colston et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data

(2016) Benjamin J Callahan et al.   NATURE METHODS

The Potential of Class II Bacteriocins to Modify Gut Microbiota to Improve Host Health

(2016) Özgün C. O. Umu et al.   PLoS One

Phylosymbiosis: Relationships and Functional Effects of Microbial Communities across Host Evolutionary History

(2016) Andrew W. Brooks et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Isolation and Characterization of a Broad Spectrum Bacteriocin fromBacillus amyloliquefaciensRX7

(2016) Kong Boon Lim et al.   Biomed Research International

Deconstructing the Bat Skin Microbiome: Influences of the Host and the Environment

(2016) Christine V. Avena et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Topographical Mapping of the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Microbiome Reveals a Diverse Bacterial Community with Antifungal Properties in the Skin

(2015) Liam Lowrey et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Feather bacterial load shapes the trade-off between preening and immunity in pigeons

(2015) Sarah Leclaire et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

In silico identification of bacteriocin gene clusters in the gastrointestinal tract, based on the Human Microbiome Project’s reference genome database

(2015) Calum J. Walsh et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Preening as a Vehicle for Key Bacteria in Hoopoes

(2015) Ángela Martínez-García et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Bacteriocin production augments niche competition by enterococci in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract

(2015) Sushma Kommineni et al.   NATURE

Cloacal Microbiome Structure in a Long-Distance Migratory Bird Assessed Using Deep 16sRNA Pyrosequencing

(2015) Jakub Kreisinger et al.   PLoS One

Common occurrence of antibacterial agents in human intestinal microbiota

(2015) Fatima Drissi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparative Gut Microbiota of 59 Neotropical Bird Species

(2015) Sarah M. Hird et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

MCMC Methods for Multi-Response Generalized Linear Mixed Models: TheMCMCglmmRPackage

(2015) Jarrod D. Hadfield   Journal of Statistical Software

Intra- and Interindividual Variations Mask Interspecies Variation in the Microbiota of Sympatric Peromyscus Populations

(2014) Nielson T. Baxter et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Feather bacterial load affects plumage condition, iridescent color, and investment in preening in pigeons

(2014) S. Leclaire et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Skewer: a fast and accurate adapter trimmer for next-generation sequencing paired-end reads

(2014) Hongshan Jiang et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Diversity and dynamics of bacteriocins from human microbiome

(2014) Jinshui Zheng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Do feather-degrading bacteria actually degrade feather colour? No significant effects of plumage microbiome modifications on feather colouration in wild great tits

(2014) Staffan Jacob et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The microbiome of New World vultures

(2014) Michael Roggenbuck et al.   Nature Communications

PEAR: a fast and accurate Illumina Paired-End reAd mergeR

(2013) J. Zhang et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Bacteriocins with a broader antimicrobial spectrum prevail in enterococcal symbionts isolated from the hoopoe's uropygial gland

(2013) Magdalena Ruiz-Rodríguez et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Convergence of gut microbiomes in myrmecophagous mammals

(2013) Frédéric Delsuc et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The amphibian skin-associated microbiome across species, space and life history stages

(2013) Jordan G. Kueneman et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

BAGEL3: automated identification of genes encoding bacteriocins and (non-)bactericidal posttranslationally modified peptides

(2013) Auke J. van Heel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

PACo: A Novel Procrustes Application to Cophylogenetic Analysis

(2013) Juan Antonio Balbuena et al.   PLoS One

phyloseq: An R Package for Reproducible Interactive Analysis and Graphics of Microbiome Census Data

(2013) Paul J. McMurdie et al.   PLoS One

Complement modulates the cutaneous microbiome and inflammatory milieu

(2013) C. Chehoud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial degradability of an intrafeather unmelanized ornament: a role for feather-degrading bacteria in sexual selection?

(2012) RAFAEL RUIZ-DE-CASTAÑEDA et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Bacteriocins — a viable alternative to antibiotics?

(2012) Paul D. Cotter et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of general 16S ribosomal RNA gene PCR primers for classical and next-generation sequencing-based diversity studies

(2012) Anna Klindworth et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

(2012) Christian Quast et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Bacteriocin Production: a Probiotic Trait?

(2011) Alleson Dobson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges

(2011) Susanne Schmitt et al.   ISME Journal

Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST

(2010) Robert C. Edgar   BIOINFORMATICS

A flexible R package for nonnegative matrix factorization

(2010) Renaud Gaujoux et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

PyNAST: a flexible tool for aligning sequences to a template alignment

(2009) J. G. Caporaso et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Evidence that plumage bacteria influence feather coloration and body condition of eastern bluebirdsSialia sialis

(2009) Alex R. Gunderson et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

FastTree: Computing Large Minimum Evolution Trees with Profiles instead of a Distance Matrix

(2009) M. N. Price et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria

(2009) M. Martin-Vivaldi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A simple method for distinguishing within- versus between-subject effects using mixed models

(2008) Martijn van de Pol et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Resistance of melanized feathers to bacterial degradation: is it really so black and white?

(2008) Alex R. Gunderson et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Substantial Alterations of the Cutaneous Bacterial Biota in Psoriatic Lesions

(2008) Zhan Gao et al.   PLoS One