Beyond the host: Unveiling the independent microbiome of equine gastrointestinal nematodes

Fabio Gentilini; Tolulope Grace Ogundipe; Maria Elena Turba; Noemi Romagnoli; Carlotta Lambertini; Claudia Pollera; Paola Cremonesi; Laura Stancampiano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0339596

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Beyond the host: Unveiling the independent microbiome of equine gastrointestinal nematodes

Fabio Gentilini,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, Ozzano dell´Emilia (Bo) Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0970-4827

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Tolulope Grace Ogundipe ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: tolulope.ogundipe2@unibo.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, Ozzano dell´Emilia (Bo) Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3976-6391

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Maria Elena Turba,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genefast srl, Forlì, Forlì-Cesena, Italy
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Noemi Romagnoli,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, Ozzano dell´Emilia (Bo) Italy
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Carlotta Lambertini,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, Ozzano dell´Emilia (Bo) Italy
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Claudia Pollera,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), University of Milan, Lodi, Italy
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Paola Cremonesi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology (IBBA), National Research Council (CNR), Lodi, Italy
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Laura Stancampiano

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, Ozzano dell´Emilia (Bo) Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6271-9887

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Beyond the host: Unveiling the independent microbiome of equine gastrointestinal nematodes

Fabio Gentilini,
Tolulope Grace Ogundipe,
Maria Elena Turba,
Noemi Romagnoli,
Carlotta Lambertini,
Claudia Pollera,
Paola Cremonesi,
Laura Stancampiano

Published: February 10, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339596

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