Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape

Land-use change is predicted to act as a driver of zoonotic disease emergence through human exposure to novel microbial diversity, but evidence for the effects of environmental change on microbial communities in vertebrates is lacking. We sample wild birds at 99 wildlife-livestock-human interfaces a...

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Autores principales: Hassell, James M., Ward, M.J., Muloi, Dishon M., Bettridge, Judy M., Phan, H., Robinson, Timothy P., Ogendo, A., Imboma, Titus, Kiiru, J., Kariuki, S., Begon, M., Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Woolhouse, Mark E.J., Fèvre, Eric M.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101612
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author Hassell, James M.
Ward, M.J.
Muloi, Dishon M.
Bettridge, Judy M.
Phan, H.
Robinson, Timothy P.
Ogendo, A.
Imboma, Titus
Kiiru, J.
Kariuki, S.
Begon, M.
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
Woolhouse, Mark E.J.
Fèvre, Eric M.
author_browse Begon, M.
Bettridge, Judy M.
Fèvre, Eric M.
Hassell, James M.
Imboma, Titus
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
Kariuki, S.
Kiiru, J.
Muloi, Dishon M.
Ogendo, A.
Phan, H.
Robinson, Timothy P.
Ward, M.J.
Woolhouse, Mark E.J.
author_facet Hassell, James M.
Ward, M.J.
Muloi, Dishon M.
Bettridge, Judy M.
Phan, H.
Robinson, Timothy P.
Ogendo, A.
Imboma, Titus
Kiiru, J.
Kariuki, S.
Begon, M.
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
Woolhouse, Mark E.J.
Fèvre, Eric M.
author_sort Hassell, James M.
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description Land-use change is predicted to act as a driver of zoonotic disease emergence through human exposure to novel microbial diversity, but evidence for the effects of environmental change on microbial communities in vertebrates is lacking. We sample wild birds at 99 wildlife-livestock-human interfaces across Nairobi, Kenya, and use whole genome sequencing to characterise bacterial genes known to be carried on mobile genetic elements (MGEs) within avian-borne Escherichia coli (n = 241). By modelling the diversity of bacterial genes encoding virulence and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) against ecological and anthropogenic forms of urban environmental change, we demonstrate that communities of avian-borne bacterial genes are shaped by the assemblage of co-existing avian, livestock and human communities, and the habitat within which they exist. In showing that non-random processes structure bacterial genetic communities in urban wildlife, these findings suggest that it should be possible to forecast the effects of urban land-use change on microbial diversity.
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spelling CGSpace1016122024-05-01T08:15:25Z Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape Hassell, James M. Ward, M.J. Muloi, Dishon M. Bettridge, Judy M. Phan, H. Robinson, Timothy P. Ogendo, A. Imboma, Titus Kiiru, J. Kariuki, S. Begon, M. Kang'ethe, Erastus K. Woolhouse, Mark E.J. Fèvre, Eric M. zoonoses land use health antimicrobial resistance Land-use change is predicted to act as a driver of zoonotic disease emergence through human exposure to novel microbial diversity, but evidence for the effects of environmental change on microbial communities in vertebrates is lacking. We sample wild birds at 99 wildlife-livestock-human interfaces across Nairobi, Kenya, and use whole genome sequencing to characterise bacterial genes known to be carried on mobile genetic elements (MGEs) within avian-borne Escherichia coli (n = 241). By modelling the diversity of bacterial genes encoding virulence and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) against ecological and anthropogenic forms of urban environmental change, we demonstrate that communities of avian-borne bacterial genes are shaped by the assemblage of co-existing avian, livestock and human communities, and the habitat within which they exist. In showing that non-random processes structure bacterial genetic communities in urban wildlife, these findings suggest that it should be possible to forecast the effects of urban land-use change on microbial diversity. 2019-06-14 2019-06-19T09:10:40Z 2019-06-19T09:10:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101612 en Open Access Springer Hassell, J.M., Ward, M.J., Muloi, D., Bettridge, J.M., Phan, H., Robinson, T.P., Ogendo, A., Imboma, T., Kiiru, J., Kariuki, S., Begon, M., Kang'ethe, E.K., Woolhouse, M.E.J. and Fèvre, E.M. 2019. Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape. Nature Communications 10: 2643.
spellingShingle zoonoses
land use
health
antimicrobial resistance
Hassell, James M.
Ward, M.J.
Muloi, Dishon M.
Bettridge, Judy M.
Phan, H.
Robinson, Timothy P.
Ogendo, A.
Imboma, Titus
Kiiru, J.
Kariuki, S.
Begon, M.
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
Woolhouse, Mark E.J.
Fèvre, Eric M.
Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape
title Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape
title_full Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape
title_fullStr Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape
title_full_unstemmed Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape
title_short Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape
title_sort deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape
topic zoonoses
land use
health
antimicrobial resistance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101612
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