K. H. Bodawatta

Gut microbiome disturbances of altricial Blue and Great tit nestlings are countered by continuous microbial inoculations from parental microbiomes

The paper investigates how early-life gut microbiome disruptions affect wild bird nestlings and finds that maternal and environmental factors provide resilience against these disruptions.

Disentangling the relative roles of vertical transmission, subsequent colonizations and diet on cockroach microbiome assembly

This study quantifies how vertical transmission, inoculation sources, and diet shape the gut microbiome of cockroaches, showing that inoculation sources strongly influence community composition while diet affects functional capabilities.