African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest
In this study, we used a predator-enabled metagenomics strategy to sample the virome of a remote and difficult-to-access densely forested African tropical region. Specifically, we focused our study on the use of army ants of the genus Dorylus that are obligate collective foragers and group predators...
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| author | Fritz, Matthieu Reggiardo, Bérénice Filloux, Denis Claude, Lisa Fernandez, Emmanuel Mahé, Frédéric Kraberger, Simona Custer, Joy M. Becquart, Pierre Mebaley, Telstar Ndong Kombila, Linda Bohou Lenguiya, Léadisaelle H. Boundenga, Larson Mombo, Illich M. Maganga, Gael D. Niama, Fabien R. Koumba, Jean-Sylvain Ogliastro, Mylène Yvon, Michel Martin, Darren P. Blanc, Stéphane Varsani, Arvind Leroy, Eric Roumagnac, Philippe |
| author_facet | Fritz, Matthieu Reggiardo, Bérénice Filloux, Denis Claude, Lisa Fernandez, Emmanuel Mahé, Frédéric Kraberger, Simona Custer, Joy M. Becquart, Pierre Mebaley, Telstar Ndong Kombila, Linda Bohou Lenguiya, Léadisaelle H. Boundenga, Larson Mombo, Illich M. Maganga, Gael D. Niama, Fabien R. Koumba, Jean-Sylvain Ogliastro, Mylène Yvon, Michel Martin, Darren P. Blanc, Stéphane Varsani, Arvind Leroy, Eric Roumagnac, Philippe |
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| description | In this study, we used a predator-enabled metagenomics strategy to sample the virome of a remote and difficult-to-access densely forested African tropical region. Specifically, we focused our study on the use of army ants of the genus Dorylus that are obligate collective foragers and group predators that attack and overwhelm a broad array of animal prey. Using 209 army ant samples collected from 29 colonies and the virion-associated nucleic acid-based metagenomics approach, we showed that a broad diversity of bacterial, plant, invertebrate and vertebrate viral sequences were accumulated by army ants: including sequences from 157 different viral genera in 56 viral families. This suggests that using predators and scavengers such as army ants to sample broad swathes of tropical forest viromes can shed light on the composition and the structure of viral populations of these complex and inaccessible ecosystems.
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| spelling | doaj.art-434565e606be46b991c48402d94ebf8d2023-11-22T14:22:10ZengPeer Community InPeer Community Journal2804-38712023-03-01310.24072/pcjournal.24910.24072/pcjournal.249African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest Fritz, Matthieu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4112-3755Reggiardo, Bérénice1Filloux, Denis2Claude, Lisa3Fernandez, Emmanuel4Mahé, Frédéric5Kraberger, Simona6Custer, Joy M.7Becquart, Pierre8Mebaley, Telstar Ndong9Kombila, Linda Bohou10Lenguiya, Léadisaelle H.11Boundenga, Larson12Mombo, Illich M.13Maganga, Gael D.14Niama, Fabien R.15Koumba, Jean-Sylvain16Ogliastro, Mylène17Yvon, Michel18Martin, Darren P.19Blanc, Stéphane20Varsani, Arvind21https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4111-2415Leroy, Eric22Roumagnac, Philippe23Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs, Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle (MIVEGEC) (Université de Montpellier-IRD 224–CNRS 5290), 34394 Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France; PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France; PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France; PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France; PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France; PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, FranceThe Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USAThe Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USAInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs, Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle (MIVEGEC) (Université de Montpellier-IRD 224–CNRS 5290), 34394 Montpellier, FranceCentre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, GabonCentre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, GabonLaboratoire National de Santé Publique, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of CongoCentre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon; Department of Anthropology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UKCentre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, GabonCentre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon; Université des Sciences et Technique de Masuku (USTM), Institut National Supérieur d’Agronomie et de Biotechnologies (INSAB), Franceville, GabonLaboratoire National de Santé Publique, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of CongoCentre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, GabonINRAE-Université de Montpellier UMR DGIMI 34095 Montpellier, FrancePHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, FranceDivision of Computational Biology, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaPHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, FranceThe Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA; Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South AfricaInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs, Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle (MIVEGEC) (Université de Montpellier-IRD 224–CNRS 5290), 34394 Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France; PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, FranceIn this study, we used a predator-enabled metagenomics strategy to sample the virome of a remote and difficult-to-access densely forested African tropical region. Specifically, we focused our study on the use of army ants of the genus Dorylus that are obligate collective foragers and group predators that attack and overwhelm a broad array of animal prey. Using 209 army ant samples collected from 29 colonies and the virion-associated nucleic acid-based metagenomics approach, we showed that a broad diversity of bacterial, plant, invertebrate and vertebrate viral sequences were accumulated by army ants: including sequences from 157 different viral genera in 56 viral families. This suggests that using predators and scavengers such as army ants to sample broad swathes of tropical forest viromes can shed light on the composition and the structure of viral populations of these complex and inaccessible ecosystems. https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.249/ |
| spellingShingle | Fritz, Matthieu Reggiardo, Bérénice Filloux, Denis Claude, Lisa Fernandez, Emmanuel Mahé, Frédéric Kraberger, Simona Custer, Joy M. Becquart, Pierre Mebaley, Telstar Ndong Kombila, Linda Bohou Lenguiya, Léadisaelle H. Boundenga, Larson Mombo, Illich M. Maganga, Gael D. Niama, Fabien R. Koumba, Jean-Sylvain Ogliastro, Mylène Yvon, Michel Martin, Darren P. Blanc, Stéphane Varsani, Arvind Leroy, Eric Roumagnac, Philippe African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest Peer Community Journal |
| title | African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest
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| title_full | African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest
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| title_fullStr | African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest
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| title_full_unstemmed | African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest
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| title_short | African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest
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| title_sort | african army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest |
| url | https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.249/ |
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