Pamela Ferretti

Social microbiome transmission predicts microbial specialization and host lifespan in a wild primate

The paper links social microbiome transmission to microbial specialization and host lifespan in wild baboons using metagenomic data.

Demographic, behavioral, and ecological data from a long-term field study of wild baboons in Amboseli, Kenya

The paper provides four newly available data sets from a long-term study of wild baboons in Amboseli, Kenya, covering demographics, activity, diet, and weather data spanning 1971-2023.

Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples

Metalog manually curates and harmonises contextual metadata for 110,733 metagenomic samples from humans, animals, ocean water and other environments, linked to taxonomic profiles and SPIRE genomes.

Eukaryotic composition across seasons and social groups in the gut microbiota of wild baboons

The paper characterizes eukaryotic diversity in wild baboon gut microbiomes and finds social group membership explains some variation, but season, age, and sex do not.

Fecal microbial load is a major determinant of gut microbiome variation and a confounder for disease associations

This study shows that fecal microbial load, not disease, is the main driver of gut microbiome changes and identifies it as a major confounder in microbiome studies.