Microbiome analysis reveals the abundance of bacterial pathogens in Rousettus leschenaultii guano.

ABSTRACT: Bats are crucial for proper functioning of an ecosystem. They provide various important services to ecosystem and environment. While, bats are well-known carrier of pathogenic viruses, their possible role as a potential carrier of pathogenic bacteria is under-explored. Here, using culture-based approach, employing multiple bacteriological media, over thousand bacteria were cultivated and identified from Rousettus leschenaultii (a frugivorous bat species), the majority of which were from the family Enterobacteriaceae and putative pathogens. Next, pathogenic potential of most frequently cultivated component of microbiome i.e. Escherichia coli was assessed to identify its known pathotypes which revealed the presence of virulent factors in many cultivated E. coli isolates. Applying in-depth ba

SUBMITTER: Banskar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5109407 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature