Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Bacterial dispersal and host specificity shape microbiome strain sharing among great ape species in neighboring zoo exhibits
Pauline Krauß, Antonia Breier, Anna-Lena Hohlfeld…·Reena Debray
This study examines microbiome strain sharing among zoo-housed great apes, finding that phylogenetic structure persists despite shared environments and that spore-forming bacteria may drive cross-exhibit transmission.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.06.757053