The links between dietary diversity and RNA virus diversity harbored by the great evening bat (Ia io).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Predator‒prey interactions and their dynamic changes provide frequent opportunities for viruses to spread among organisms and thus affect their virus diversity. However, the connections between dietary diversity and virus diversity in predators have seldom been studied. The avivorous bats, Ia io, show a seasonal pattern of dietary diversity. Although most of them primarily prey on insects in summer, they mainly prey on nocturnally migrating birds in spring and autumn.

Results

In this study, we characterized the RNA virome of three populations of I. io in Southwest China during summer and autumn using viral metatranscriptomic sequencing. We also investigated the relationships between dietary diversity and RNA virus diversity by integrating DNA metabarcoding and vir

SUBMITTER: Huang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11585108 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature