Protective role of the vulture facial skin and gut microbiomes aid adaptation to scavenging.
Marie Lisandra Zepeda MendozaMichael RoggenbuckKarla Manzano VargasLars Hestbjerg HansenSøren BrunakM Thomas P GilbertThomas Sicheritz-PonténPublished in: Acta veterinaria Scandinavica (2018)
Our results highlight the importance of complementing genomic analyses with metagenomics in order to obtain a clearer understanding of the host-microbial alliance and show the importance of microbiome-mediated health protection for adaptation to extreme diets, such as scavenging.