Linking individual traits, the gut microbiome and parasite load in wildlife

将野生动物的个体特征、肠道微生物组和寄生虫负荷联系起来

• 批准号: DP200102645
• 负责人: Prof Clare McArthur
• 金额: $ 35.36万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP200102645
• 关键词: Linking; individual; traits; gut; microbiome

This project aims to apply principles of community ecology to the gut microbiome of an urban exploiter – the common brushtail possum - to reveal how animal traits influence individual variation in the load of gut parasites that cause disease in both humans and wildlife. By combining assays defining the behavioural and physiological states of individuals with sophisticated analyses of their gut microbiome, our project will provide a new, yet crucial, perspective on how and why diseases spread. Our discoveries will help understand and manage the burden of infectious diseases from parasites in and beyond our cities and across the human-wildlife interface; essential for improving human and wildlife health in an increasingly urbanised Australia.

该项目旨在将社区生态学原理应用于城市开发者的肠道微生物组-常见的刷尾负鼠-以揭示动物特征如何影响导致人类和野生动物疾病的肠道寄生虫负荷的个体差异。通过将定义个体行为和生理状态的测定与对其肠道微生物组的复杂分析相结合，我们的项目将为疾病如何以及为什么传播提供一个新的，但至关重要的视角。我们的发现将有助于了解和管理我们城市内外以及人类与野生动物之间的寄生虫传染病负担;这对于在日益城市化的澳大利亚改善人类和野生动物健康至关重要。