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Perspective | Host-Microbe Biology

Bats Are an Untapped System for Understanding Microbiome Evolution in Mammals

Melissa R. Ingala, Nancy B. Simmons, Susan L. Perkins
Katherine McMahon, Editor
Melissa R. Ingala
aRichard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
bDepartment of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
cDivision of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
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Nancy B. Simmons
aRichard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
bDepartment of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
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Susan L. Perkins
aRichard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
cDivision of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
dSackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
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DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00397-18
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00397-18
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30232167

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  • Published online September 19, 2018.

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Copyright © 2018 Ingala et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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  1. Melissa R. Ingalaa,b,c,
  2. Nancy B. Simmonsa,b and
  3. Susan L. Perkinsa,c,d
  1. aRichard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
  2. bDepartment of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
  3. cDivision of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
  4. dSackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
  • Address correspondence to Melissa R. Ingala, ingala.melissar{at}gmail.com.
  • Citation Ingala MR, Simmons NB, Perkins SL. 2018. Bats are an untapped system for understanding microbiome evolution in mammals. mSphere 3:e00397-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00397-18.

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Melissa R. Ingala, Nancy B. Simmons, Susan L. Perkins
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    • ABSTRACT
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    • MICROBIOME SAMPLING ACROSS THE MAMMAL TREE OF LIFE
    • BATS ARE TAXONOMICALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE
    • ECOSYSTEM-SCALE IMPLICATIONS FOR BAT MICROBIOMES
    • BAT MICROBES CAN SHED LIGHT ON DISEASE, IMMUNITY, AND LONGEVITY
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Chiroptera
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macroevolution
microbial ecology
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