Shasta E. Webb

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

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.

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.

This study uses fecal proteomics to show how season, diet, age, and sex affect gut physiology in wild capuchins.

The paper shows that strain sharing in microbiomes can reflect both transmission and environmental factors, emphasizing the need for careful study design.