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Kieran A. Bates

Queen Mary University of LondonORCID 0000-0003-1559-6014Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Organism:multiple species· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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EcologyRoyal Society Open SciencePeer-reviewedSep 9, 2026

Age-related changes in the gut microbiota of a long-lived seabird suggest divergence from mammalian models

Eveliina Hanski, Kieran A. Bates, Robert D. Hughes…·Annette L. Fayet

This study examines age-related gut microbiota changes in Atlantic puffins, finding population-level structuring in chicks that disappears in adults, with contrasting patterns compared to mammals.

DOI 10.1098/rsos.252018

multiple speciesmetagenomics

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EcologybioRxivPreprintNov 24, 2024

Lineage-specific trait variation generates widespread, contemporaneous coexistence and competitive exclusion dynamics in an invasive, multihost wildlife parasite

Trenton W. J. Garner, Xavier A. Harrison, Andy Fenton…·Ché Weldon

The paper shows how lineage-specific trait variation in an amphibian parasite leads to different coexistence and competitive exclusion dynamics in Europe and Africa.

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multiple speciesexperimental assay

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EcologybioRxivPreprintJun 7, 2018

Captivity and exposure to the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans are linked to perturbation and dysbiosis of the amphibian skin microbiome

Kieran A Bates, Jennifer MG Shelton, Victoria L Mercier…·Matthew C Fisher

The paper examines how captivity and exposure to Bsal affect the skin microbiome of newts, finding microbiome perturbation and dysbiosis linked to infection and mortality.

DOI 10.1101/339853

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