Wolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota

Abstract In contrast to humans and dogs, the skin microbiota of wolves is yet to be described. Here, we investigated the skin microbiota of dogs and wolves kept in outdoor packs at the Wolf Science Center (WSC) via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Skin swab samples were also collected from human c...

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Autores principales:	Stefanie Urimare Wetzels, Cameron R. Strachan, Beate Conrady, Martin Wagner, Iwan Anton Burgener, Zsófia Virányi, Evelyne Selberherr
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:18fe43542dab4bcdaaa7e97383963c1b2021-12-02T19:02:35ZWolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota10.1038/s41598-021-96160-72045-2322https://doaj.org/article/18fe43542dab4bcdaaa7e97383963c1b2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96160-7https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract In contrast to humans and dogs, the skin microbiota of wolves is yet to be described. Here, we investigated the skin microbiota of dogs and wolves kept in outdoor packs at the Wolf Science Center (WSC) via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Skin swab samples were also collected from human care takers and their pet dogs. When comparing the three canine groups, representing different degrees of human contact to the care takers and each other, the pet dogs showed the highest level of diversity. Additionally, while human skin was dominated by a few abundant phylotypes, the skin microbiota of the care takers who had particularly close contact with the WSC animals was more similar to the microbiota of dogs and wolves compared to the humans who had less contact with these animals. Our results suggest that domestication may have an impact on the diversity of the skin microbiota, and that the canine skin microbiota can be shared with humans, depending on the level of interaction.Stefanie Urimare WetzelsCameron R. StrachanBeate ConradyMartin WagnerIwan Anton BurgenerZsófia VirányiEvelyne SelberherrNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Stefanie Urimare Wetzels Cameron R. Strachan Beate Conrady Martin Wagner Iwan Anton Burgener Zsófia Virányi Evelyne Selberherr Wolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota
description	Abstract In contrast to humans and dogs, the skin microbiota of wolves is yet to be described. Here, we investigated the skin microbiota of dogs and wolves kept in outdoor packs at the Wolf Science Center (WSC) via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Skin swab samples were also collected from human care takers and their pet dogs. When comparing the three canine groups, representing different degrees of human contact to the care takers and each other, the pet dogs showed the highest level of diversity. Additionally, while human skin was dominated by a few abundant phylotypes, the skin microbiota of the care takers who had particularly close contact with the WSC animals was more similar to the microbiota of dogs and wolves compared to the humans who had less contact with these animals. Our results suggest that domestication may have an impact on the diversity of the skin microbiota, and that the canine skin microbiota can be shared with humans, depending on the level of interaction.
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author	Stefanie Urimare Wetzels Cameron R. Strachan Beate Conrady Martin Wagner Iwan Anton Burgener Zsófia Virányi Evelyne Selberherr
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title	Wolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota
title_short	Wolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota
title_full	Wolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota
title_fullStr	Wolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota
title_full_unstemmed	Wolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota
title_sort	wolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/18fe43542dab4bcdaaa7e97383963c1b
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Wolves, dogs and humans in regular contact can mutually impact each other’s skin microbiota

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