Ostaizka Aizpurua

This study tests if gut microbiota from warm-adapted lizards can alter thermal physiology in cold-adapted lizards through faecal microbiota transplants, but finds no significant physiological changes.

This study examines the impact of dietary intervention on gut microbiota of captive hares, finding that a grass diet does not fully restore wild-like microbial functions.

This study compares 16S amplicon sequencing and genome-resolved metagenomics for analyzing bat gut microbiomes, finding significant differences in diversity and functional profiles between methods.

The paper examines microbiome variation in salamanders, finding that rare, endemic bacteria drive functional differences between populations.

This study isolates and characterizes a novel Clostridium species, C. filamentum ETTB, which modulates the TLR5 pathway in host cells and has distinct genomic features compared to related species.

This study examines how gut microbiota changes in domestic and feral cats worldwide, finding functional differences linked to feral lifestyle adaptations.

The paper compares short-read, HiFi long-read, and hybrid sequencing strategies for genome-resolved metagenomics, finding each excels in different metrics like assembly quality, bin refinement, and mapping rate.