Pigeons, friends or foes - Insight into the microbiota and mycobiota of feral pigeons stool in Sarawak, Malayisan Borneo
Rock pigeons are known reservoirs of pathogenic microbes in their stool. However, most studies utilised traditional microbiological methods such as culture-based which introduces biasness towards culturable microbes. A metagenomics analysis approach targeting the 16S and ITS2 ribosomal RNA gene was deployed to understand the bacterial and fungal communities present in pigeon stool samples.