Liz Mallott

Assistant Professor
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    • Washington University
    • CB 1137
    • One Brookings Drive
    • St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
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    Research areas

    Our research examines how the environment shapes host-associated microbial communities both within and across species. We are particularly interested in how the response of the gut microbiome to external factors might contribute to host health and fitness. Our current projects include:

    • The influence of environmental pollutants on human gut microbiomes in collaboration with the Southern Community Cohort Study SCCS
    • Interactions between the environment, parasite burden, and the human gut microbiome in collaboration with the Rural Embodiment and Child Health Study REACH study
    • Examining changes in the gut microbiome across reproduction in wild nonhuman primates
    • A comparative study of gut microbial SCFA metabolism across the primate order

    Publications

    Here’s a link to Liz’s up-to-date Google Scholar profile
    Feel free to email me if you would like a pdf of any of the articles below.

    EK Mallott, LH Skovmand, PA Garber, KR Amato. The gut metabolome of black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) varies in response to seasonal dietary changes. (2022) Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16559.

    T Cepon-Robins, EK Mallott, I Recca, T Gildner. Exploring biocultural determinants of intestinal health: Do resource access and parasite exposure contribute to intestinal inflammation among a preliminary sample of children in rural Mississippi? (2022) American Journal of Biological Anthropology. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24574.

    EK Mallott, KR Amato. Butyrate-producing pathways abundances are similar in human and nonhuman primate gut microbiomes. (2022) Molecular Biology and Evolution 39: msab279. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab279.

    EK Mallott, KR Amato. Host specificity of the gut microbiome. (2021) Nature Reviews Microbiology 19: 639-653. DOI: 10.1038/s41579-021-00562-3.

    R Martínez-Mota, N Righini, EK Mallott, T Gillespie, KR Amato. The relationship between pinworm (Trypanoxyuris) infection and gut bacteria in wild black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra). (2021) American Journal of Primatology 83: e23330. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23330.

    EK Mallott, C Borries, A Koenig, KR Amato, A Lu. Reproductive hormones mediate changes in the gut microbiome during pregnancy and lactation in Phayre’s leaf monkeys. (2020) Scientific Reports 10: 9961. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66865-2.

    KR Amato, EK Mallott, JE Lambert, D McDonald, A Gomez, JL Metcalf, NJ Dominy, GAO Britton, RM Stumpf, T Goldberg, SR Leigh, R Knight. Convergence of human and Old World monkey gut microbiomes demonstrates the importance of human ecology over phylogeny. (2019) Genome Biology 20: 201. DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1807-z.

    EK Mallott, KR Amato. The microbial reproductive ecology of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). (2018) American Journal of Primatology 80: e22896. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22896.

    EK Mallott, KR Amato, PA Garber, RS Malhi. Influence of fruit and invertebrate consumption on the gut microbiota of wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). (2018) American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165: 576-588. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23395.

    EK Mallott, PA Garber, RS Malhi. Integrating feeding behavior, ecological data, and DNA barcoding to identify developmental differences in invertebrate foraging strategies in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). (2017) American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162: 241-254. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23113.

    EK Mallott, PA Garber, RS Malhi. High-throughput sequencing of fecal DNA to identify insects consumed by wild Weddell’s saddleback tamarins (Saguinus weddelli, Cebidae, Primates) in Bolivia. (2015) American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156: 474-481. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22654.