Geographically widespread and novel hemotropic mycoplasmas and bartonellae in Mexican free-tailed bats and sympatric North American bat species
D. Becker, K. Dyer, L. Lock, B. Olbrys, S. Pladas, A. Sukhadia, B. Demory, J. Nunes Batista, M. Pineda, N. Simmons, A. Adams, W. Frick, T. O'Mara, D. Volokhov
The paper identifies novel hemotropic mycoplasmas and bartonellae in Mexican free-tailed bats and sympatric species, highlighting their genetic diversity and potential zoonotic significance.
bioRxiv · Feb 8, 2024Ecology