{"670283":{"#nid":"670283","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The microbiome of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) under managed care resembles that of wild marine mammals and birds","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnimals under managed care in zoos and aquariums are ideal surrogate study subjects for endangered species that are difficult to obtain in the wild. A team including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;researchers compared the fecal and oral microbiomes of healthy, managed African penguins (\u003Cem\u003ESpheniscus demersus\u003C\/em\u003E) to those of other domestic and wild vertebrate hosts to determine how host identity, diet, and environment shape the penguin microbiome.\u0026nbsp;Future studies should link these results to microbial functional capacity and host health, which will help inform conservation efforts. The researchers include Ph.D. scholar\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/schmidtocean.org\/person\/ana-clavere-graciette\/\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/schmidtocean.org\/person\/ana-clavere-graciette\/\u0022\u003EAna G. Clavere Graciette\u003C\/a\u003E, Adjunct Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ocean.gatech.edu\/people\/dr-frank-stewart\u0022\u003EFrank J. Stewart,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/zoe-pratte\u0022\u003EZoe Pratte\u003C\/a\u003E, postdoctorate scholar.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnimals under managed care in zoos and aquariums are ideal surrogate study subjects for endangered species that are difficult to obtain in the wild. A team including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;researchers compared the fecal and oral microbiomes of healthy, managed African penguins (\u003Cem\u003ESpheniscus demersus\u003C\/em\u003E) to those of other domestic and wild vertebrate hosts to determine how host identity, diet, and environment shape the penguin microbiome.\u0026nbsp;Future studies should link these results to microbial functional capacity and host health, which will help inform conservation efforts. The researchers include Ph.D. scholar\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/schmidtocean.org\/person\/ana-clavere-graciette\/\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/schmidtocean.org\/person\/ana-clavere-graciette\/\u0022\u003EAna G. Clavere Graciette\u003C\/a\u003E, Adjunct Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ocean.gatech.edu\/people\/dr-frank-stewart\u0022\u003EFrank J. Stewart,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/zoe-pratte\u0022\u003EZoe Pratte\u003C\/a\u003E, postdoctorate scholar.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-10-09 14:48:55","changed_gmt":"2023-10-09 14:48:55","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nature Scientific Reports","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-023-43899-w","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"183920","name":"Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection"},{"id":"192692","name":"Frank J. Stewart"},{"id":"193144","name":"Ana G. Clavere Graciette"},{"id":"193145","name":"Zoe Pratte"},{"id":"193146","name":"African penguins"},{"id":"56501","name":"microbiome"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}