16S rRNA gene sequencing of microbiota from the preen oil and cloaca of chipping sparrows (Spizella passerina)

Tricia A Van Laar; Jonathan M Greenberg; Kevin R Theis; Danielle J Whittaker; Joel W G Slade

doi:10.1128/mra.00576-24

16S rRNA gene sequencing of microbiota from the preen oil and cloaca of chipping sparrows (Spizella passerina)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Oct 10;13(10):e0057624. doi: 10.1128/mra.00576-24. Epub 2024 Aug 30.

Authors

Tricia A Van Laar¹, Jonathan M Greenberg^{2

3}, Kevin R Theis⁴, Danielle J Whittaker⁵, Joel W G Slade⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, California, USA.
² Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
³ Department of Research and Development Service, John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
⁴ Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
⁵ College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
⁶ Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno, California, USA.

Abstract

We present the results of 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of the microbiota from preen oil and the cloaca of chipping sparrows (Spizella passerina) collected near Mountain Lake Biological Station in Pembroke, VA.

Keywords: Spizella passerina; chipping sparrow; cloaca; microbiome; preen oil.