Publications by authors named "Joao Felipe M Salgado"
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- The study explores the differences in gut microbiota and fiber digestion between lower termites (LT), which have cellulolytic flagellates, and higher termites (HT), which do not.
- It identifies specific bacterial lineages responsible for fiber breakdown, revealing that Bacteroidota and Spirochaetota dominate the lignocellulolytic activity in LT, while Fibrobacterota and Spirochaetota take over in HT.
- The findings highlight the importance of oxygen in the breakdown of cellulose and lignin in termite guts, suggesting a more complex symbiotic relationship than previously understood.
Blood-feeding is crucial for the reproductive cycle of the mosquito , as well as for the transmission of arboviruses to hosts. It is postulated that blood meals may influence the mosquito microbiome but shifts in microbial diversity and function during digestion remain elusive. We used whole-genome shotgun metagenomics to monitor the midgut microbiome in 60 individual females of throughout digestion, after 12, 24, and 48 h following blood or sugar meals.
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