• DNA metabarcoding and spatial modelling link diet diversification with distribution homogeneity in European bats 

      Alberdi, Antton; Razgour, Orly; Aizpurua, Ostaizka; Novella-Fernandez, Roberto; Aihartza, Joxerra; Budinski, Ivana; Garin, Inazio; Ibáñez, Carlos; Izagirre, Eñaut; Rebelo, Hugo; Russo, Danilo; Vlaschenko, Anton; Zhelyazkova, Violeta; Zrncic, Vida; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Inferences of the interactions between species’ ecological niches and spatial distribution have been historically based on simple metrics such as low-resolution dietary breadth and range size, which might have impeded the ...
    • Enriching captivity conditions with natural elements does not prevent the loss of wild-like gut microbiota but shapes its compositional variation in two small mammals 

      Koziol, Adam; Odriozola, Iñaki; Nyholm, Lasse; Leonard, Aoife; San José, Carlos; Pauperio, Joana; Ferreira, Clara; Hansen, Anders J.; Aizpurua, Ostaizka; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Alberdi, Antton (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    • Field and laboratory guidelines for reliable bioinformatic and statistical analysis of bacterial shotgun metagenomic data 

      Aizpurua, Ostaizka; Dunn, Robert R.; Hansen, Lars H.; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Alberdi, Antton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Shotgun metagenomics is an increasingly cost-effective approach for profiling environmental and host-associated microbial communities. However, due to the complexity of both microbiomes and the molecular techniques required ...
    • Holo-Omics: Integrated Host-Microbiota Multi-omics for Basic and Applied Biological Research 

      Nyholm, Lasse; Koziol, Adam; Marcos, Sofia; Botnen, Amanda Bolt; Aizpurua, Ostaizka; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Limborg, Morten T.; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Alberdi, Antton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      From ontogenesis to homeostasis, the phenotypes of complex organisms are shaped by the bidirectional interactions between the host organisms and their associated microbiota. Current technology can reveal many such interactions ...
    • Novel strategies to improve chicken performance and welfare by unveiling host-microbiota interactions through hologenomics 

      Tous, Núria; Marcos, Sofia; Goodarzi Boroojeni, Farshad; Pérez de Rozas, Ana; Zentek, Jürgen; Estonba, Andone; Sandvang, Dorthe; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Esteve-Garcia, Enric; Finn, Robert; Alberdi, Antton; Tarradas, Joan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Fast optimisation of farming practices is essential to meet environmental sustainability challenges. Hologenomics, the joint study of the genomic features of animals and the microbial communities associated with them, opens ...
    • A simplified protocol for DNA extraction from FTA cards for faecal microbiome studies 

      Bolt Botnen, Amanda; Bjørnsen, Mads Bjørn; Alberdi, Antton; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Aizpurua, Ostaizka (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      As metagenomic studies continue to increase in size and complexity, they are often required to incorporate data from geographically isolated locations or longitudinal time samples. This represents a technical challenge, ...
    • A species-level trait dataset of bats in Europe and beyond 

      Froidevaux, Jérémy S. P.; Toshkova, Nia; Barbaro, Luc; Benítez-López, Ana; Kerbiriou, Christian; Le Viol, Isabelle; Pacifici, Michela; Santini, Luca; Stawski, Clare; Russo, Danilo; Dekker, Jasja; Alberdi, Antton; Amorim, Francisco; Ancillotto, Leonardo; Barré, Kévin; Bas, Yves; Cantú-Salazar, Lisette; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Devaux, Tiphaine; Eldegard, Katrine; Fereidouni, Sasan; Furmankiewicz, Joanna; Hamidovic, Daniela; Hill, Davina L.; Ibáñez, Carlos; Julien, Jean-François; Juste, Javier; Kaňuch, Peter; Korine, Carmi; Laforge, Alexis; Legras, Gaëlle; Leroux, Camille; Lesiński, Grzegorz; Mariton, Léa; Marmet, Julie; Mata, Vanessa A.; Mifsud, Clare M.; Nistreanu, Victoria; Novella-Fernandez, Roberto; Rebelo, Hugo; Roche, Niamh; Roemer, Charlotte; Ruczyński, Ireneusz; Sørås, Rune; Uhrin, Marcel; Vella, Adriana; Voigt, Christian C.; Razgour, Orly (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Knowledge of species’ functional traits is essential for understanding biodiversity patterns, predicting the impacts of global environmental changes, and assessing the efficiency of conservation measures. Bats are major ...