TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of fungi associated with the nasal hairs of Molossid bats
AU - Shapiro, Julie Teresa
AU - Santos, Thiago Mateus Rocha dos
AU - Marchetti, Clarice Rossato
AU - Lorenz-Lemke, Aline Pedroso
AU - Delarmelina, Emília
AU - Bordignon, Marcelo Oscar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd and The British Mycological Society.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Fungal pathogens have become a serious threat to wildlife, threatening populations of even once common, abundant species. We describe the mycobiota associated with the nasal hairs of three Molossid bat species, Cynomops planirostris, Molossus molossus, and Molossus rufus, in southwest Brazil. Bats were captured in the Cerrado and Pantanal biomes. We cultured 22 fungal isolates from twelve individual bats. Sixteen sequences of the ITS region were obtained, yielding 11 unique sequence types from the genera Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Paecilomyces, and Penicillium. No obvious detrimental effects on the bats from the fungi were observed, although some species or genera that we identified are known pathogens in other species. This is the first report of such fungi associated with the nasal hairs of Molossid bats. Our results indicate the need for further research on the biodiversity, ecological role, and potential effects of this mycobiota on Molossid bats.
AB - Fungal pathogens have become a serious threat to wildlife, threatening populations of even once common, abundant species. We describe the mycobiota associated with the nasal hairs of three Molossid bat species, Cynomops planirostris, Molossus molossus, and Molossus rufus, in southwest Brazil. Bats were captured in the Cerrado and Pantanal biomes. We cultured 22 fungal isolates from twelve individual bats. Sixteen sequences of the ITS region were obtained, yielding 11 unique sequence types from the genera Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Paecilomyces, and Penicillium. No obvious detrimental effects on the bats from the fungi were observed, although some species or genera that we identified are known pathogens in other species. This is the first report of such fungi associated with the nasal hairs of Molossid bats. Our results indicate the need for further research on the biodiversity, ecological role, and potential effects of this mycobiota on Molossid bats.
KW - Ascomycota
KW - Cerrado
KW - Chiroptera
KW - Pantanal
KW - Pathogen
KW - Zoonotic disease
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U2 - 10.1016/j.funeco.2015.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.funeco.2015.06.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84946490682
SN - 1754-5048
VL - 18
SP - 126
EP - 129
JO - Fungal Ecology
JF - Fungal Ecology
ER -