TY - JOUR
T1 - Culture independent analysis of respiratory microbiome of houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) revealed organisms of public health significance
AU - Shabbir, Muhammad Zubair
AU - Park, Jihye
AU - Muhammad, Khushi
AU - Rabbani, Masood
AU - Rana, Muhammad Younus
AU - Harvill, Eric Thomas
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper describes the first culture independent analysis of respiratory microbiota of the endangered houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), a migratory bird with the potential to spread pathogens over wide geographic areas. The 16S rRNA sequences showed high diversity with reads corresponding to 5 phyla; Proteobacteria (47.1%), Bacteroidetes (27.9%), Fusobacteria (14.2%), Firmicutes (7.4%) and Actinobacteria (3.42%). Most read were not assigned to lower taxa, indicating the presence of yet uncharacterized organisms. However, several organisms, including Myroides spp. MY15, Collinsella aerofaciens, Bacteroides fragillis, Enterococcus cecorum and Kurthia zopfii, are known to be associated with various clinical outcomes in other animals, including humans, indicating the zoonotic potential of houbara bustard. Further molecular and epidemiological studies are needed, particularly for Myroides spp. MY15, to understand their role in disease or health of houbara bustard as well as to determine the public health significance of these findings.
AB - This paper describes the first culture independent analysis of respiratory microbiota of the endangered houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), a migratory bird with the potential to spread pathogens over wide geographic areas. The 16S rRNA sequences showed high diversity with reads corresponding to 5 phyla; Proteobacteria (47.1%), Bacteroidetes (27.9%), Fusobacteria (14.2%), Firmicutes (7.4%) and Actinobacteria (3.42%). Most read were not assigned to lower taxa, indicating the presence of yet uncharacterized organisms. However, several organisms, including Myroides spp. MY15, Collinsella aerofaciens, Bacteroides fragillis, Enterococcus cecorum and Kurthia zopfii, are known to be associated with various clinical outcomes in other animals, including humans, indicating the zoonotic potential of houbara bustard. Further molecular and epidemiological studies are needed, particularly for Myroides spp. MY15, to understand their role in disease or health of houbara bustard as well as to determine the public health significance of these findings.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84894081586
SN - 1560-8530
VL - 16
SP - 222
EP - 226
JO - International Journal of Agriculture and Biology
JF - International Journal of Agriculture and Biology
IS - 1
ER -