| [trichostrongyloidea nematodes, parasites of microchiroptera]. | 1. a) list of nematodes collected by professor aellen in european microchiroptera. additionnal morphological data to the study of molinostrongylus alatus, m. panousei, m. skrjabini. description of m. aelleni n. sp. b) description of m. richardae n. sp., m. benexae n. sp. et m. bauchoti n. sp., parasites of malagasian molossidae. c) description of m. colleyi n. sp. and m. owyangi n. sp., parasites of malaysian vespertilioninae, and of allintoschius dunni n. sp., discovered in myotis mystacinus fr ... | 1975 | 1211768 |
| hidden diversity in senegalese bats and associated findings in the systematics of the family vespertilionidae. | the vespertilionidae is the largest family of bats, characterized by high occurrence of morphologically convergent groups, which impedes the study of their evolutionary history. the situation is even more complicated in the tropics, where certain regions remain under-sampled. | 2013 | 23938084 |
| molecular phylogeny of hantaviruses harbored by insectivorous bats in côte d'ivoire and vietnam. | the recent discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses in multiple species of shrews and moles prompted a further exploration of their host diversification by analyzing frozen, ethanol-fixed and rnalater®-preserved archival tissues and fecal samples from 533 bats (representing seven families, 28 genera and 53 species in the order chiroptera), captured in asia, africa and the americas in 1981-2012, using rt-pcr. hantavirus rna was detected in pomona roundleaf bats (hipposideros pomona) (family ... | 2014 | 24784569 |
| foraging at wastewater treatment works affects brown adipose tissue fatty acid profiles in banana bats. | in this study we tested the hypothesis that the decrease in habitat quality at wastewater treatment works (wwtw), such as limited prey diversity and exposure to the toxic cocktail of pollutants, affect fatty acid profiles of interscapular brown adipose tissue (ibrat) in bats. further, the antioxidant capacity of oxidative tissues such as pectoral and cardiac muscle may not be adequate to protect those tissues against reactive molecules resulting from polyunsaturated fatty acid auto-oxidation in ... | 2016 | 26740572 |
| pollutant exposure at wastewater treatment works affects the detoxification organs of an urban adapter, the banana bat. | the banana bat, neoromicia nana, exploits pollution-tolerant chironomids at wastewater treatment works (wwtws). we investigated how pollutant exposure impacts the detoxification organs, namely the liver and kidney of n. nana. (i) we performed sem-eds to quantify metal content and mineral nutrients, and found significant differences in essential metal (fe and zn) content in the liver, and significant differences in cu and one mineral nutrient (k) in the kidneys. (ii) we performed histological ana ... | 2016 | 26602790 |
| haematological and genotoxic responses in an urban adapter, the banana bat, foraging at wastewater treatment works. | wastewater treatment works (wwtws) are a ubiquitous feature of the urban landscape. the banana bat, neoromicia nana specifically exploits the high abundance of chironomid midge prey available at wwtws but these populations also have higher levels of non-essential metals (cd, cr and ni) in their tissues than bats foraging at unpolluted sites. pollutant exposure may elicit primary physiological responses such as dna damage and haematological changes. we investigated whether pollutant exposure from ... | 2015 | 24953517 |
| divergent lineage of a novel hantavirus in the banana pipistrelle (neoromicia nanus) in côte d'ivoire. | recently identified hantaviruses harbored by shrews and moles (order soricomorpha) suggest that other mammals having shared ancestry may serve as reservoirs. to investigate this possibility, archival tissues from 213 insectivorous bats (order chiroptera) were analyzed for hantavirus rna by rt-pcr. following numerous failed attempts, hantavirus rna was detected in ethanol-fixed liver tissue from two banana pipistrelles (neoromicia nanus), captured near mouyassué village in côte d'ivoire, west afr ... | 2012 | 22281072 |
| the brains of bats foraging at wastewater treatment works accumulate arsenic, and have low non-enzymatic antioxidant capacities. | increasing rates of urbanisation cause ubiquitous infrastructures that remove anthropogenic contaminants - particularly wastewater treatment works (wwtws) - to become stressed, and hence pollute surrounding water systems. neoromicia nana bats are suitable models to study the effects of pollution in these environments because they exploit abundant pollutant-tolerant chironomid midges that breed at wwtws, and consequently accumulate metals such as iron, copper and zinc in their livers and kidneys. ... | 2017 | 29248512 |