Bacteriome of insectivorous bats from Central and South Eastern Europe

Bats are carriers and reservoirs of multiple pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and parasites. An analysis of their associated pathobiome can be a start point to a better overview of the bacterial communities found in different samples and can help to predict, prevent and control possible episodes of emerging zoonoses. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of different bacterial communities in heart tissue of insectivorous bats from Central and Eastern Europe. We used 16S rRNA marker gene sequencing to study the bacterial communities in heart tissues of three bat species: Nyctalus noctula , Pipistrellus pipistrellus and Rhinoplophus hipposideros , collected in Czech Republic and Romania.