A5065286025- Gut microbiota and health
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Plant and animal studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Dietary Effects on Health
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Regional resilience and development
- Genetic diversity and population structure
University of Oxford
2017-2024
University of Turku
2022-2024
Mansfield University
2021
University of Helsinki
2017-2018
Abstract The mammalian gut teems with microbes, yet how hosts acquire these symbionts remains poorly understood. Research in primates suggests that microbes can be picked up via social contact, but the role of interactions non-group-living species underexplored. Here, we use a passive tracking system to collect high resolution spatiotemporal activity data from wild mice (Apodemus sylvaticus). Social network analysis revealed association strength strongest predictor microbiota similarity...
Abstract Gut microbes shape many aspects of organismal biology, yet how these key bacteria transmit among hosts in natural populations remains poorly understood. Recent work mammals has emphasized either transmission through social contacts or indirect environmental contact, but the relative importance different routes not been directly assessed. Here we used a novel radio-frequency identification-based tracking system to collect long-term high-resolution data on relationships, space use and...
Abstract Vertebrate gut microbiota form a key component of immunity and dynamic link between an individual the ecosystem. Microbiota might play role in social systems as well, because microbes are transmitted during contact can affect host behaviour. Combining methods from behavioural molecular research, we describe relationship dynamics group‐living cooperative species primate, red‐bellied lemur ( E ulemur rubriventer ). Specifically, ask whether patterns (group membership, group size,...
The mammalian gut microbiota influences a wide array of phenotypes which are relevant to fitness, yet knowledge about the transmission routes by microbes colonise hosts in natural populations remains limited. Here, we use an intensively studied wild population wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) examine how vertical (maternal) and horizontal (social) influence composition throughout life.We identify independent signals maternal (sharing taxa between mother her offspring) social predicted...
The gut microbiome performs many important functions in mammalian hosts, with community composition shaping its functional role. However, the factors that drive individual microbiota variation wild animals and to what extent these are predictable or idiosyncratic across populations remains poorly understood. Here, we use a multi-population dataset from common rodent species (the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus), test whether consistent "core" is identifiable this species, predictors of...
Viral discovery studies in wild animals often rely on cross-sectional surveys at a single time point. As result, our understanding of the temporal stability animal viromes remains poorly resolved. While host-virus systems indicate that host and environmental factors influence seasonal virus transmission dynamics, comparable insights for whole viral communities multiple hosts are lacking. Utilizing noninvasive faecal samples from long-term rodent study, we characterized three common European...
Abstract Age is a key parameter in population ecology, with myriad of biological processes changing age as organisms develop early life then later senesce. As often hard to accurately measure non‐lethal methods, epigenetic methods estimation (epigenetic clocks) have become popular tool animal ecology and are developed or calibrated using captive animals known age. However, studies typically rely on invasive blood tissue samples, which limit their application more sensitive elusive species....
Abstract High population density should drive individuals to more frequently share space and interact, producing better-connected spatial social networks. Despite this widely-held assumption, it remains unconfirmed how local generally drives individuals’ positions within wild animal We analysed 34 datasets of simultaneous behaviour in >55,000 individual animals, spanning 28 species fish, reptiles, birds, mammals, insects. >80% systems exhibited strongly positive relationships between...
Avoiding physical contact is regarded as one of the safest and most advisable strategies to follow reduce pathogen spread. The flip side this approach that a lack social interactions may negatively affect other dimensions health, like induction immunosuppressive anxiety depression or preventing importance with diversity microbes, which be necessary train our immune system maintain its normal levels activity. These in turn population's susceptibility infection incidence severe disease. We...
ABSTRACT Viral discovery studies in wild animals often rely on cross-sectional surveys at a single time point. As result, our understanding of the temporal stability animal viromes remains poorly resolved. While host-virus systems indicate that host and environmental factors influence seasonal virus transmission dynamics, comparable insights for whole viral communities multiple hosts are lacking. Leveraging non-invasive faecal samples from long-term rodent study, we characterised three...
Intact ecosystems are being lost or modified worldwide, and many animal species now forced to live in altered landscapes. A large amount of scientific studies have focused on understanding direct effects habitat alterations occurrence, abundance, breeding success, other life history aspects. Much less attention has been placed how impact the physiology species, e.g., via elevated chronic stress when living an landscape. Here, we quantify individual age sex, as well landscape social factors...
Abstract The mammalian gut teems with beneficial microbes, yet how hosts acquire these symbionts remains poorly understood. Research in primates suggests that microbes can be picked up via social contact, but the role of interactions non-group-living species unexplored. Here, we use a passive tracking system to collect high resolution spatiotemporal activity data from wild mice ( Apodemus sylvaticus ). Social network analysis revealed association strength strongest predictor microbiota...
Abstract Gut microbes shape many aspects of organismal biology, yet how these key bacteria transmit among hosts in natural populations remains poorly understood. Recent work mammals has emphasized either transmission through social contacts or indirect environmental contact, but the relative importance different routes not been directly assessed. Here, we used a novel RFID-based tracking system to collect long-term high resolution data on relationships, space use and microhabitat wild...
ABSTRACT Microbial transmission is a major benefit of sociality, facilitated by affiliative behaviors such as grooming and communal nesting in group-living animals. The spread microbial symbionts through these pathways, their incorporation into host microbiomes, can enhance health fitness contributing to pathogen protection metabolic flexibility. Are pathways that facilitate transfer across hosts also present animals do not form social groups because territoriality limits interactions...
Assembly of the mammalian gut microbiota during early life is known to shape key aspects organismal development, including immunity, metabolism and behaviour. While house mice (Mus musculus) are major laboratory model organism for research, their artificial lab-based lifestyle could fundamentally alter ecological processes assembly dynamics, in ways that affect usefulness as a system. To examine this, here we directly compared patterns from lab wild, making use tractable, individually-marked...
The mammalian gastrointestinal tract provides a habitat for multiple commensal and pathogenic organisms spanning all three domains of life. Both positive negative interactions occur between gut inhabitants, with potential consequences host health. Studies parasite–microbiota associations in natural systems remain scarce, yet are important understanding how parasite communities microbiota shape each other, these influence Here, we characterize helminth coccidial infections profiles wild...
ABSTRACT Interactions between the mammalian neuroendocrine system and gut microbiota (i.e., gut-brain axis) can shape how animals cope with environmental challenges. For example, both immune function extraction of energy from dietary items depend on microbiota, which be influenced by environment directly through transmission or indirectly responses. Environmental variation has been shown to translate into in microbiome profiles among wild animals, but whether this is due different microbial...
Abstract The gut microbiome performs many important functions in mammalian hosts, with community composition shaping its functional role. However, what factors drive individual microbiota variation wild animals and to extent these are predictable or idiosyncratic across populations remains poorly understood. Here, we use a multi-population dataset from common rodent species (the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus ), test whether consistent set of ‘core’ microbes is identifiable this species,...
We present a genome assembly from an individual male