Mostafa S. Elshahed

This study characterizes anaerobic gut fungi diversity in camels, revealing distinct community structures and identifying taxa uniquely enriched in pseudoruminants.

This study investigates the fungal diversity and community structure in the gut of Testudines reptiles, revealing high diversity and identifying new fungal taxa and community patterns.

The paper detects Borrelia puertoricensis in migratory Mexican free-tailed bats in Oklahoma, indicating potential role in dispersal of tick-borne pathogens.

The paper describes three new tortoise-affiliated anaerobic gut fungi genera and species, proposes new taxonomic classifications, and emends existing ones based on phylogenetic and morphological analyses.

The paper isolates and characterizes a new anaerobic gut fungus, Piromyces struthionis, from ostrich feces, based on morphology, phylogenetic analysis, and amino acid identity.

The paper analyzes the genomic diversity and habitat preferences of Acidobacteriota across ecosystems, finding that phylogenetic affiliation shapes genomic traits more than habitat.

This study identifies a unique anaerobic gut fungal community in ostriches, revealing novel species and highlighting coevolutionary phylosymbiosis between AGF and avian hosts.