Marsupial Gut Microbiome

Conservation biology needs a microbial renaissance: a call for the consideration of host-associated microbiota in wildlife management practices

(2019) Brian K. Trevelline et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faecal microbiome differs with diet in a wild population

(2019) Kylie L. Brice et al.   PeerJ

Probiotics as a tool for disease mitigation in wildlife: insights from food production and medicine

(2018) Valerie J. McKenzie et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Density trends and demographic signals uncover the long-term impact of transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

(2018) Billie T. Lazenby et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome

(2018) Rebecca N. Johnson et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Extensive conservation of prokaryotic ribosomal binding sites in known and novel picobirnaviruses

(2018) Siddharth R. Krishnamurthy et al.   VIROLOGY

Characterization of shifts of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) intestinal microbial communities associated with antibiotic treatment

(2018) Katherine E. Dahlhausen et al.   PeerJ

The Intestinal Virome and Immunity

(2018) Jessica A. Neil et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The Human Gut Microbiome – A Potential Controller of Wellness and Disease

(2018) Zhi Y. Kho et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The microbiome in threatened species conservation

(2018) Annie G. West et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The Effects of Captivity on the Mammalian Gut Microbiome

(2017) Valerie J. McKenzie et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Dietary flexibility in small carnivores: a case study on the endangered northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus

(2017) Judy A. Dunlop et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Gut microbiomes of free-ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs: Diversity, putative functions and occurrence of potential pathogens

(2017) Wasimuddin et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Role of the Gut Microbiome in Uremia: A Potential Therapeutic Target

(2016) Ali Ramezani et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

Introduced predators and habitat structure influence range contraction of an endangered native predator, the northern quoll

(2016) Lorna Hernandez-Santin et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

From gut dysbiosis to altered brain function and mental illness: mechanisms and pathways

(2016) G B Rogers et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Mechanisms of inflammation-driven bacterial dysbiosis in the gut

(2016) M Y Zeng et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Captivity humanizes the primate microbiome

(2016) Jonathan B. Clayton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Probiotic treatment restores protection against lethal fungal infection lost during amphibian captivity

(2016) Jordan G. Kueneman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sympathy for the devil: captive-management style did not influence survival, body-mass change or diet of Tasmanian devils 1 year after wild release

(2016) Tracey Rogers et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Environment and host species shape the skin microbiome of captive neotropical bats

(2016) Virginie Lemieux-Labonté et al.   PeerJ

Comparison of the bacterial communities in feces from wild versus housed sables (Martes zibellina) by high-throughput sequence analysis of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene

(2016) Yu Guan et al.   AMB Express

MOLECULAR DETECTION OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE DETERMINANTS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM THE ENDANGERED AUSTRALIAN SEA LION (NEOPHOCA CINEREA)

(2015) Tiffany C. Delport et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

(2015) John C. Z. Woinarski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

(2015) Ruth J. Pye et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Variation in koala microbiomes within and between individuals: effect of body region and captivity status

(2015) Niccoló Alfano et al.   Scientific Reports

The human gut virome: a multifaceted majority

(2015) Lesley A. Ogilvie et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Tasmanian devil microbiome—implications for conservation and management

(2015) Yuanyuan Cheng et al.   Microbiome

Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Herpesvirus Infection in Populations of Australian Marsupials

(2015) Kathryn Stalder et al.   PLoS One

Shedding Light on the Microbial Community of the Macropod Foregut Using 454-Amplicon Pyrosequencing

(2014) Lisa-Maree Gulino et al.   PLoS One

Acquired antibiotic resistance among wild animals: the case of Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)

(2014) Margarida Sousa et al.   VETERINARY QUARTERLY

Captivity results in disparate loss of gut microbial diversity in closely related hosts

(2014) K. D. Kohl et al.   Conservation Physiology

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis with bioaugmentation: characteristics of effective probiotics and strategies for their selection and use

(2013) Molly C. Bletz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Microbial community dynamics and effect of environmental microbial reservoirs on red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)

(2013) Andrew H Loudon et al.   ISME Journal

Richness of human gut microbiome correlates with metabolic markers

(2013) Emmanuelle Le Chatelier et al.   NATURE

Into the Wild: Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants via a Species Recovery Program

(2013) Michelle L. Power et al.   PLoS One

Investigation of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) hindgut microbiome via 16S pyrosequencing

(2013) Christopher J. Barker et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Recent advances in understanding the biology, epidemiology and control of chlamydial infections in koalas

(2013) Adam Polkinghorne et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Conservation and the Microbiome

(2012) Kent H. Redford et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Analysis of the hydrogenotrophic microbiota of wild and captive black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in palenque national park, Mexico

(2011) Noriko Nakamura et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Human nutrition, the gut microbiome and the immune system

(2011) Andrew L. Kau et al.   NATURE

Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered marsupial Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil)

(2011) W. Miller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The bacterial microbiota in the ceca of Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) differs between wild and captive birds

(2011) Tobias Wienemann et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Interactions Between Gut Microbiota and Host Metabolism Predisposing to Obesity and Diabetes

(2010) Giovanni Musso et al.   Annual Review of Medicine

Clostridium sticklandii, a specialist in amino acid degradation:revisiting its metabolism through its genome sequence

(2010) Nuria Fonknechten et al.   BMC GENOMICS

An observational study of the microbiome of the maternal pouch and saliva of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii, and of the gastrointestinal tract of the pouch young

(2009) Kim-Ly Chhour et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Diversity and Strain Specificity of Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes Revealed by the Draft Genome of Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1

(2009) Margret E. Berg Miller et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of Mammals and Their Gut Microbes

(2008) R. E. Ley et al.   SCIENCE