Vladimir E. Chizhikov

TL;DR: Three-target sequence analysis was demonstrated to be a reliable and useful taxonomic tool for the species differentiation within the family Mycoplasmataceae based on their phylogenetic relatedness and pairwise sequence similarities.

TL;DR: The application of alternative nucleic acid-based, enzyme-based and/or recombinant cell-culture methods, particularly in combination with efficient sample preparation procedures, could provide advantages over conventional microbiological methods in terms of analytical throughput, simplicity, and turnaround time.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that if resources amplify or dampen, pathogen transmission probably depends on both host ecology and pathogen interactions, and they also show that human activities create novel food resources that can alter wildlife-pathogen interactions.

TL;DR: Bats from high-livestock sites had higher microbicidal activity but lower immunoglobulin G and proportions of lymphocytes, suggesting more investment in innate relative to adaptive immunity and either greater chronic stress or pathogen exposure, suggesting feedbacks between demographic correlates of provisioning and immunity.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated vampire bats host several novel hemoplasmas and sheds light on risk factors for infection and basic transmission routes, and the potential of these bacteria to be transmitted between species should be investigated in future work.