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Exploring the Utility of the Gut Microbiome as a Longitudinal Health Monitoring Tool in Sanctuary Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

American Journal of Primatology
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.70004
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Benjamin R. Lake; Samuel Ozminkowski; Hongmei Jiang; Madelyn Moy; Maria Luisa Savo Sardaro; Amy Fultz; Lydia M. Hopper
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Population Dynamics and the Microbiome in a Wild Boreal Mammal: The Snowshoe Hare Cycle and Impacts of Diet, Season and Predation Risk

Molecular Ecology
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17629
Contributors: Mason R. Stothart; Sophia Lavergne; Laura McCaw; Hardeep Singh; Wilfred de Vega; Katherine Amato; Jocelyn Poissant; Rudy Boonstra
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Interactions with alloparents are associated with the diversity of infant skin and fecal bacterial communities in Chicago, United States

American Journal of Human Biology
2025-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23972
Contributors: Melissa B. Manus; Maria Luisa Savo Sardaro; Omolola Dada; Maya I. Davis; Melissa R. Romoff; Stephanie G. Torello; Esther Ubadigbo; Rebecca C. Wu; Emily S. Miller; Katherine R. Amato
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Technical note: A biological anthropologist's guide for applying microbiome science to studies of human and non‐human primates

American Journal of Biological Anthropology
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.25020
Contributors: Melissa B. Manus; Jordan Lucore; Sahana Kuthyar; Madelyn Moy; Maria Luisa Savo Sardaro; Katherine R. Amato
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Host diet drives gut microbiome convergence between coral reef fishes and mammals

Molecular Ecology
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17520
Contributors: Samuel Degregori; Nina M. D. Schiettekatte; Jordan M. Casey; Simon J. Brandl; Alexandre Mercière; Katherine R. Amato; Florent Mazel; Valeriano Parravicini; Paul H. Barber
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Population dynamics and the microbiome in a wild boreal mammal: The snowshoe hare cycle and impacts of diet, season, and predation risk

2024-10-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.22541/au.173010224.49750064/v1
Contributors: Mason Stothart; Sophia Lavergne; Laura McCaw; Hardeep Singh; Wilfred de Vega; Katherine Amato; Jocelyn Poissant; Rudy Boonstra
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Ecological and genetic variables co‐vary with social group identity to shape the gut microbiome of a pair‐living primate

American Journal of Primatology
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23657
Contributors: Tabor L. Whitney; Elizabeth K. Mallott; Laura O. Diakiw; Diana M. Christie; Nelson Ting; Katherine R. Amato; Stacey R. Tecot; Andrea L. Baden
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The potential importance of the built-environment microbiome and its impact on human health

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-05-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313971121
Contributors: Thomas C. G. Bosch; Mark Wigley; Beatriz Colomina; Brendan Bohannan; Forrest Meggers; Katherine R. Amato; Meghan B. Azad; Martin J. Blaser; Kate Brown; Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello et al.
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Host–gut microbiota interactions during pregnancy

Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
2024-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/emph/eoae001
Contributors: Katherine R Amato; Priyanka Pradhan; Elizabeth K Mallott; Wesley Shirola; Amy Lu
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Evolutionary ecology of human‐associated microbes

Molecular Ecology
2023-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16966
Contributors: Tatiana Giraud; Jeanne Ropars; Eva H. Stukenbrock; Katherine Ryan Amato; Ricardo Rodriguez de la Vega
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Prenatal household size and composition are associated with infant fecal bacterial diversity in Cebu, Philippines

American Journal of Biological Anthropology
2023-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24720
Contributors: Melissa B. Manus; Elijah Watson; Sahana Kuthyar; Delia Carba; Nikola M. Belarmino; Thomas W. McDade; Christopher W. Kuzawa; Katherine R. Amato
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The effect of clay supplementation on fecal consistency, parasites, and gut microbiome in captive macaques

Journal of Behavior and Feeding
2023-01-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.32870/jbf.v2i4.34
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Hongmei Jiang; Sahana Kuthyar; Ella Rubenstein; Valerie A. Kirk; Paula A. Pebsworth
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Factors influencing terrestriality in primates of the Americas and Madagascar

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2022-10-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2121105119
Contributors: Timothy M. Eppley; Selwyn Hoeks; Colin A. Chapman; Jörg U. Ganzhorn; Katie Hall; Megan A. Owen; Dara B. Adams; Néstor Allgas; Katherine R. Amato; McAntonin Andriamahaihavana et al.
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The faecal metabolome of black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) varies in response to seasonal dietary changes

Molecular Ecology
2022-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16559
Contributors: Elizabeth K. Mallott; Lotte H. Skovmand; Paul A. Garber; Katherine R. Amato
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The chemical landscape of tropical mammals in the Anthropocene

Biological Conservation
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109522
Contributors: Colin A. Chapman; Tessa Steiniche; Kathryn Michelle Benavidez; Dipto Sarkar; Katherine Amato; Juan Carlos Serio-Silva; Marta Venier; Michael D. Wasserman
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The Evolution of Fermentation by Primates

2022-04-05 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.52750/734048
Contributors: Katie Amato
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Comparing different sample collection and storage methods for field‐based skin microbiome research

American Journal of Human Biology
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23584
Contributors: Melissa B. Manus; Sahana Kuthyar; Ana Gabriela Perroni‐Marañón; Alejandra Núñez‐ de la Mora; Katherine R. Amato
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Butyrate Production Pathway Abundances Are Similar in Human and Nonhuman Primate Gut Microbiomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2022-01-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab279
Contributors: Elizabeth K Mallott; Katherine R Amato; Yoko Satta
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The relationship between pinworm (Trypanoxyuris) infection and gut bacteria in wild black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra)

American Journal of Primatology
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23330
Contributors: Rodolfo Martínez‐Mota; Nicoletta Righini; Elizabeth K. Mallott; Thomas R. Gillespie; Katherine R. Amato
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The gut microbiome as an indicator of habitat disturbance in a Critically Endangered lemur

BMC Ecology and Evolution
2021-12-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-021-01945-z
Contributors: Nicolette McManus; Sheila M. Holmes; Edward E. Louis, Jr.; Steig E. Johnson; Andrea L. Baden; Katherine R. Amato
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Host specificity of the gut microbiome

Nature Reviews Microbiology
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-021-00562-3
Contributors: Elizabeth K. Mallott; Katherine R. Amato
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Fermented food consumption in wild nonhuman primates and its ecological drivers

American Journal of Physical Anthropology
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24257
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Óscar M. Chaves; Elizabeth K. Mallott; Timothy M. Eppley; Filipa Abreu; Andrea L. Baden; Adrian A. Barnett; Julio Cesar Bicca‐Marques; Sarah A. Boyle; Christina J. Campbell et al.
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The human gut microbiome and health inequities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-06-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017947118
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Marie-Claire Arrieta; Meghan B. Azad; Michael T. Bailey; Josiane L. Broussard; Carlijn E. Bruggeling; Erika C. Claud; Elizabeth K. Costello; Emily R. Davenport; Bas E. Dutilh et al.
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The hygiene hypothesis, the COVID pandemic, and consequences for the human microbiome

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-02-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2010217118
Contributors: B. Brett Finlay; Katherine R. Amato; Meghan Azad; Martin J. Blaser; Thomas C. G. Bosch; Hiutung Chu; Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello; Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich; Eran Elinav; Naama Geva-Zatorsky et al.
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Effects of anthropogenic habitat disturbance and Giardia duodenalis infection on a sentinel species' gut bacteria

Ecology and Evolution
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6910
Contributors: Sahana Kuthyar; Martin M. Kowalewski; Dawn M. Roellig; Elizabeth K. Mallott; Yan Zeng; Thomas R. Gillespie; Katherine R. Amato
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Gut microbiome, diet, and conservation of endangered langurs in Sri Lanka

Biotropica
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12805
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Sahana Kuthyar; Marcy Ekanayake‐Weber; Roberta Salmi; Noah Snyder‐Mackler; Lasanthi Wijayathunga; Rajnish Vandercone; Amy Lu
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Reproductive hormones mediate changes in the gut microbiome during pregnancy and lactation in Phayre’s leaf monkeys

Scientific Reports
2020-06-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66865-2
Contributors: Elizabeth K. Mallott; Carola Borries; Andreas Koenig; Katherine R. Amato; Amy Lu
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Phylosymbiosis, diet and gut microbiome-associated metabolic disease

Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
2020-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/emph/eoaa019
Contributors: Elizabeth K Mallott; Katherine R Amato
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Convergence of human and Old World monkey gut microbiomes demonstrates the importance of human ecology over phylogeny

Genome Biology
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1807-z
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Elizabeth K. Mallott; Daniel McDonald; Nathaniel J. Dominy; Tony Goldberg; Joanna E. Lambert; Larissa Swedell; Jessica L. Metcalf; Andres Gomez; Gillian A. O. Britton et al.
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The effect of captivity on the primate gut microbiome varies with host dietary niche

American Journal of Primatology
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23061
Contributors: Jeffrey S. Frankel; Elizabeth K. Mallott; Lydia M. Hopper; Stephen R. Ross; Katherine R. Amato
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Gut microbiota in wild and captive Guizhou snub‐nosed monkeys, Rhinopithecus brelichi

American Journal of Primatology
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22989
Contributors: Vanessa L. Hale; Chia L. Tan; Kefeng Niu; Yeqin Yang; Qikun Zhang; Rob Knight; Katherine R. Amato
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Moving forward with the primate microbiome: Introduction to a special issue of the American Journal of Primatology

American Journal of Primatology
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23060
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Rebecca M. Stumpf
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Assessing the comparability of different DNA extraction and amplification methods in gut microbial community profiling

Access Microbiology
2019-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000060
Contributors: Elizabeth K. Mallott; Ripan S. Malhi; Katherine R. Amato
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Evolutionary trends in host physiology outweigh dietary niche in structuring primate gut microbiomes

The ISME Journal
2019-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0175-0
Contributors: Katherine R Amato; Jon G Sanders; Se Jin Song; Michael Nute; Jessica L Metcalf; Luke R Thompson; James T Morton; Amnon Amir; Valerie J McKenzie; Gregory Humphrey et al.
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The microbial reproductive ecology of white‐faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

American Journal of Primatology
2018-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22896
Contributors: Elizabeth K. Mallott; Katherine R. Amato
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The human microbiome in evolution

BMC Biology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0454-7
Part of ISSN: 1741-7007
Contributors: Emily R. Davenport; Jon G. Sanders; Se Jin Song; Katherine R. Amato; Andrew G. Clark; Rob Knight
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Platyrrhine Diet

Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior
2017-10-06 | Other
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1801-1
Part of ISBN: 9783319478296
Contributors: Nicoletta Righini; Katherine R. Amato
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Diets and Nutrition

The International Encyclopedia of Primatology
2017-04 | Other
DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0362
Part of ISBN: 9781119179313
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato
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An introduction to microbiome analysis for human biology applications

American Journal of Human Biology
2017-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22931
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato
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Phylogenetic and ecological factors impact the gut microbiota of two Neotropical primate species

Oecologia
2016-03-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3507-z
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Rodolfo Martinez-Mota; Nicoletta Righini; Melissa Raguet-Schofield; Fabiana Paola Corcione; Elisabetta Marini; Greg Humphrey; Grant Gogul; James Gaffney; Elijah Lovelace et al.
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The Howler Monkey as a Model for Exploring Host-Gut Microbiota Interactions in Primates

Howler Monkeys
2014-11 | Other
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1957-4_9
Part of ISBN: 9781493919567
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Nicoletta Righini
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A Comparison of Scan and Focal Sampling for the Description of Wild Primate Activity, Diet and Intragroup Spatial Relationships

Folia Primatologica
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1159/000348305
Part of ISSN: 1421-9980
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato; Sarie Van Belle; Brianna Wilkinson
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Co-evolution in context: The importance of studying gut microbiomes in wild animals

Microbiome Science and Medicine
2013-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2478/micsm-2013-0002
Part of ISSN: 2084-7653
Contributors: Katherine R. Amato
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