Anthropogenic habitats shape gut microbiome composition in Southern Indian bats
Vikram Iyer, B. R. Ansil, Darshan Sreenivas, Avirup Sanyal, Uma Ramakrishnan, Balaji Chattopadhyay
The paper examines how anthropogenic habitats affect gut microbiome composition in Southern Indian bats, finding diet-specific taxonomic and functional diversity with signs of functional homogenization due to pollution.
bioRxiv · Dec 27, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology