Materials and Methods Small mammal samples were taken from the tissue collection of the
network “Rodent-borne pathogens”(Ulrich et al. 2008) stored at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut …

Background Beavers are one of the largest and ecologically most distinct rodent species.
Little is known about their evolution and even their closest phylogenetic relatives have not yet …

Recent reports of novel hantaviruses in shrews and moles and the detection of rodent-borne
hantaviruses in different rodent species raise important questions about their host range …

Tula virus (TULV) is a vole-associated hantavirus with low or no pathogenicity to humans. In
the present study, 686 common voles (Microtus arvalis), 249 field voles (Microtus agrestis) …

Three species of white-toothed shrews of the order Eulipotyphla are present in central
Europe: the bicolored (Crocidura leucodon), greater (Crocidura russula) and lesser (Crocidura …

Tree canopies are colonized by billions of highly specialized microorganisms that are well
adapted to the highly variable microclimatic conditions, caused by diurnal fluctuations and …

Tree canopies provide habitats for diverse and until now, still poorly characterized communities
of microbial eukaryotes. One of the most general patterns in community ecology is the …

Cercozoa and Oomycota contain a huge biodiversity and important pathogens of forest trees
and other vegetation. We analyzed air dispersal of these protistan phyla with an air sampler …

Background Bacterial symbionts transmitted from mothers to offspring are found in the majority
of arthropods. Numerous studies have illustrated their wide impact on host biology, such …

. Skulls, jaws and teeth of wild terrestrial small mammals (Sciuridae, Soricidae, Erinaceidae,
Talpidae, Gliridae, Arvicolidae, Muridae) are occasionally affected by anomalies and …