Mgr. Peter Vallo Ph.D.

Position full-time researcher
Direction phylogeny of bats

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Running Projects

Genetic diversity of the critically endangered steppe polecat in the Czech Republic (2024–2026)

Finished projects

Evolution and speciation mechanisms in a cryptic species complex of pan-African bats (2020–2022)
Genetic diversity and phylogeography of the genus Scotophilus (2009–2011)

Publications

2024

Meyer M, Melville DW, Baldwin HJ, Wilhelm K, Nkrumah EE, Badu EK, Oppong SK, Schwensow N, Stow A, Vallo P, Corman VM, Tschapka M, Drosten C, Sommer S (2024). Bat species assemblage predicts coronavirus prevalence. Nature Communications, 15: 2887.

2023

Krojerová-Prokešová J, Gajdárová B, Reiners TE, Bolechová P, Kleven O, Koubek P, Nowak C, Ozoliņš J, Tám B, Voloshina I, Vallo P (2023). Ex situ versus in situ Eurasian lynx populations: implications for successful breeding and genetic rescue. Conservation Genetics, 24: 203-217.
Schmid DW, Meyer M, Wilhelm K, Tilley T, Link-Hessing T, Fleischer R, Badu EK, Nkrumah EE, Oppong SK, Schwensow N, Tschapka M, Baldwin HJ, Vallo P, Corman VM, Drosten C, Sommer S (2023). MHC class II genes mediate susceptibility and resistance to coronavirus infections in bats. Molecular Ecology, 32: 3989-4002.

2022

Benda P, Uvizl M, Vallo P, Reiter A, Uhrin M (2022). A revision of the Rhinolophus hipposideros group (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) with definition of an additional species from the Middle East. Acta Chiropterologica, 24: 269-298.

2021

Baldwin HJ, Vallo P, Ruiz AT, Anti P, Nkrumah EE, Badu EK, Oppong SK, Kalko EKV, Tschapka M, Stow AJ (2021). Concordant patterns of genetic, acoustic, and morphological divergence in the West African Old World leaf-nosed bats of the Hipposideros caffer complex. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59: 1390-1407.
Nkrumah EE, Baldwin HJ, Badu EK, Anti P, Vallo P, Klose S, Kalko EKV, Oppong SK, Tschapka M (2021). Diversity and conservation of cave-roosting bats in Central Ghana. Tropical Conservation Science, 14: 19400829211034671.
Simsek C, Corman VM, Everling HU, Lukashev AN, Rasche A, Maganga GD, Binger T, Jansen D, Beller L, Deboutte W, Gloza-Rausch F, Seebens-Hoyer A, Yordanov S, Sylverken A, Oppong S, Sarkodie YA, Vallo P, Leroy EM, Bourgarel M, Yinda KC, Van Ranst M, Drosten C, Drexler JF, Matthijnssens J (2021). At least seven distinct rotavirus genotype constellations in bats with evidence of reassortment and zoonotic transmissions. mBio, 12: e02755-20.

2019

Vallo P, Reeder DM, Vodzak ME, Benda P (2019). Resurrection of an East African house bat species Scotophilus altilis Allen, 1914 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa, 4577: 148-160.

2018

Červená B, Hrazdilová K, Vallo P, Ketzis J, Bolfa P, Tudor E, Lux-Hoppe EG, Blanvillain C, Modrý D (2018). Mammomonogamus nematodes in felid carnivores: a minireview and the first molecular characterization. Parasitology, 145: 1959-1968.
Červená B, Hrazdilová K, Vallo P, Pafčo B, Fenyková T, Petrželková KJ, Todd A, Tagg N, Wangue N, Lux Hoppe EG, Duarte Moraes MF, Lapera IM, Souza Pollo A, Albuquerque ACA, Modrý D (2018). Diversity of Mammomonogamus (Nematoda: Syngamidae) in large African herbivores. Parasitology Research, 117: 1013-1024.
Pafčo B, Čížková D, Kreisinger J, Hasegawa H, Vallo P, Shutt K, Todd A, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2018). Metabarcoding analysis of strongylid nematode diversity in two sympatric primate species. Scientific Reports, 8: 5933.
Schulz D, Qablan MA, Profousová-Pšenková I, Vallo P, Fuh T, Modrý D, Piel AK, Stewart F, Petrželková KJ, Fliegerová K (2018). Anaerobic fungi in gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Feces: an adaptation to a high-fiber diet?. International Journal of Primatology, 39: 567-580.
Vallo P, Motsch P, Benda P, Maganga GD, Bourgarel M (2018). Mitochondrial phylogeny and morphological variation of the African sheath-tailed bat (Coleura afra, Emballonuridae). Acta Chiropterologica, 20: 73-84.

2017

Červená B, Vallo P, Pafčo B, Jirků K, Jirků M, Petrželková KJ, Todd A, Turkalo AK, Modrý D (2017). Host specificity and basic ecology of Mammomonogamus (Nematoda, Syngamidae) from lowland gorillas and forest elephants in Central African Republic. Parasitology, 144: 1016-1025.
Nkrumah EE, Badu EK, Baldwin HJ, Anti P, Klose SM, Vallo P, Drosten C, Kalko EKV, Oppong SK, Tschapka M (2017). Flight activity of Noack's round-leafbat (Hipposideros cf. ruber) at two caves in central Ghana, West Africa. Acta Chiropterologica, 19: 347-355.
Vallo P, Van Cakenberghe V (2017). Advances in taxonomy of African house bats (Scotophilus, Vespertilionidae). African Bat Conservation News, 46: 4-9.

2016

Benda P, Gazaryan S, Vallo P (2016). On the distribution and taxonomy of bats of the Myotis mystacinus morphogroup from the Caucasus region (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 40: 842-863.
Mapua MI, Petrželková KJ, Burgunder J, Dadáková E, Brožová K, Hrazdilová K, Stewart FA, Piel AK, Vallo P, Fuehrer H, Hashimoto C, Modrý D, Qablan MA (2016). A comparative molecular survey of malaria prevalence among Eastern chimpanzee populations in Issa Valley (Tanzania) and Kalinzu (Uganda). Malaria Journal, 15: 423.
Müller MA, Devignot S, Lattwein E, Corman VM, Maganga GD, Gloza-Rausch F, Binger T, Vallo P, Emmerich P, Cottontail VM, Tschapka M, Oppong S, Drexler JF, Weber F, Leroy EM, Drosten C (2016). Evidence for widespread infection of African bats with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever-like viruses. Scientific Reports, 6: 26637.
Nkrumah EE, Vallo P, Klose SM, Ripperger S, Badu EK, Gloza-Rausch F, Drosten C, Kalko EKV, Tschapka M, Oppong SK (2016). Foraging behavior and habitat selection of Noack’s round-leaf bat (Hipposideros aff. ruber) and conservation implications. Tropical Conservation Science, 9: 1-11.
Nkrumah EE, Vallo P, Klose SM, Ripperger S, Badu EK, Drosten C, Kalko EKV, Tschapka M, Oppong SK (2016). Home range of Noack's round-leaf bat (Hipposideros aff. ruber) in an agricultural landscape of central Ghana. Acta Chiropterologica, 18: 239-247.
Vallo P, Nkrumah EE, Tehoda P, Benda P, Badu EK, Decher J (2016). Nutlet is a little nut: disclosure of the phylogenetic position of Robbins’ house bat Scotophilus nucella (Vespertilionidae). Folia zoologica, 65: 302-309.

2015

Corman VM, Baldwin HJ, Tateno AF, Zerbinati RM, Annan A, Owusu M, Nkrumah EE, Maganga GD, Oppong S, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Vallo P, da Silva Filho LVRF, Leroy EM, Thiel V, van der Hoek L, Poon LLM, Tschapka M, Drosten C, Drexler JF (2015). Evidence for an ancestral association of human coronavirus 229E with bats. Journal of Virology, 89: 11858-11870.
Doležalová J, Vallo P, Petrželková KJ, Foitová I, Nurcahyo W, Mudakikwa A, Hashimoto C, Jirků M, Lukeš J, Scholz T, Modrý D (2015). Molecular phylogeny of anoplocephalid tapeworms (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) infecting humans and non-human primates. Parasitology, 142: 1278-1289.
Vallo P, Benda P, Červený J, Koubek P (2015). Phylogenetic position of the giant house bat Scotophilus nigrita (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Mammalia, 79: 225-231.

2014

Baldwin HJ, Vallo P, Gardner MG, Drosten C, Tschapka M, Stow AJ (2014). Isolation and characterization of 11 novel microsatellite loci in a West African leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros aff. ruber. BMC Research Notes, 7: 607.
Maganga GD, Bourgarel M, Vallo P, Dallo TD, Ngoagouni C, Drexler JF, Drosten C, Nakouné ER, Leroy EM, Morand S (2014). Bat distribution size or shape as determinant of viral richness in African bats. PLoS ONE, 9: e100172.

2013

Annan A, Baldwin HJ, Corman VM, Klose SM, Owusu M, Nkrumah EE, Badu EK, Anti P, Agbenyega O, Meyer B, Oppong S, Sarkodie YA, Kalko EKV, Lina PHC, Godlevska EV, Reusken C, Seebens A, Gloza-Rausch F, Vallo P, Tschapka M, Drosten C, Drexler JF (2013). Human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012–related viruses in bats, Ghana and Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19: 456-459.
Drexler JF, Geipel A, König A, Corman VM, Van Riel D, Leijten LM, Bremer CM, Rasche A, Cottontail VM, Maganga GD, Schlegel M, Müller MA, Adam A, Klose SM, Borges Carneiro AJ, Stöcker A, Franke CR, Gloza-Rausch F, Geyer J, Annan A, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Oppong S, Binger T, Vallo P, Tschapka M, Ulrich RG, Gerlich WH, Leroy E, Kuiken T, Glebe D, Drosten C (2013). Bats carry pathogenic hepadnaviruses antigenically related to hepatitis B virus and capable of infecting human hepatocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110: 16151-16156.
Vallo P, Benda P, Červený J, Koubek P (2013). Conflicting mitochondrial and nuclear paraphyly in small-sized West African house bats (Vespertilionidae). Zoologica Scripta, 42: 1-12.

2012

Benda P, Faizolahi K, Andreas M, Obuch J, Reiter A, Ševčík M, Uhrin M, Vallo P, Ashrafi S (2012). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 10. Bat fauna of Iran. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 76: 163-562.
Benda P, Vallo P, Hulva P, Horáček I (2012). The Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in the Palaearctic: Geographical variation and taxonomic status. Biologia, 67: 1230-1244.
Benda P, Vallo P (2012). New look on the geographical variation in Rhinolophus clivosus with description of a new horseshoe bat species from Cyrenaica, Libya. Vespertilio, 16: 69-96.
Drexler JF, Corman VM, Müller MA, Maganga GD, Vallo P, Binger T, Gloza-Rausch F, Rasche A, Yordanov S, Seebens A, Oppong S, Sarkodie YA, Pongombo C, Lukashev AN, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Stöcker A, Carneiro AJB, Erbar S, Maisner A, Fronhoffs F, Buettner R, Kalko EKV, Kruppa T, Franke CR, Kallies R, Yandoko ERN, Herrler G, Reusken C, Hassanin A, Krüger DH, Matthee S, Ulrich RG, Leroy EM, Drosten C (2012). Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses. Nature Communications, 3: 796.
Vallo P, Petrželková KJ, Profousová I, Petrášová J, Pomajbíková K, Leendertz F, Hashimoto C, Simmons N, Babweteera F, Machanda Z, Piel A, Robbins MM, Boesch C, Sanz C, Morgan D, Sommer V, Furuichi T, Fujita S, Matsuzawa T, Kaur T, Huffman MA, Modrý D (2012). Molecular diversity of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti and its coevolution with chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 148: 525-533.

2011

Benda P, Vallo P, Reiter A (2011). Taxonomic revision of the genus Asellia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with description of a new species from southern Arabia. Acta Chiropterologica, 13: 245-270.
Vallo P, Benda P, Reiter A (2011). Yellow-bellied or white-bellied? Identity of Arabian house bats (Vespertilionidae: Scotophilus) revealed from mitochondrial DNA and morphology. African Zoology, 46: 350-361.
Vallo P, Benda P, Martínková N, Kaňuch P, Kalko EKV, Červený J, Koubek P (2011). Morphologically uniform bats Hipposideros aff. ruber (Hipposideridae) exhibit high mitochondrial genetic diversity in southeastern Senegal. Acta Chiropterologica, 13: 79-88.

2010

Benda P, Červený J, Konečný A, Reiter A, Ševčík M, Uhrin M, Vallo P (2010). Some new records of bats from Morocco (Chiroptera). Lynx, 41: 151-166.
Benda P, Lučan RK, Obuch J, Reiter A, Andreas M, Bačkor P, Bohnenstengel T, Eid EK, Ševčík M, Vallo P, Amr ZS (2010). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 8. Bats of Jordan: fauna, ecology, echolocation, ectoparasites. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 74: 185-353.
Drexler JF, Gloza-Rausch F, Glende J, Corman VM, Muth D, Goettsche M, Seebens A, Niedrig M, Pfefferle S, Yordanov S, Zhelyazkov L, Hermanns U, Vallo P, Lukashev A, Müller MA, Deng H, Herrler G, Drosten C (2010). Genomic characterization of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus in European bats and classification of coronaviruses based on partial RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene sequences. Journal of Virology, 84: 11336-11349.

2009

Benda P, Vallo P (2009). Taxonomic revision of the genus Triaenops (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with description of a new species from southern Arabia and definitions of a new genus and tribe. Folia zoologica, 58: 1-45.
Modrý D, Petrželková KJ, Pomajbíková K, Tokiwa T, Křížek J, Imai S, Vallo P, Profousová I, Šlapeta J (2009). The occurrence and an ape-to-ape transmission of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 56: 83-87.
Pfefferle S, Oppong S, Drexler JF, Gloza-Rausch F, Ipsen A, Seebens A, Müller MA, Annan A, Vallo P, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Kruppa TF, Drosten C (2009). Distant relatives of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and close relatives of human coronavirus 229E in bats, Ghana. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15: 1377-1384.

2008

Benda P, Dietz C, Andreas M, Hotový J, Lučan RK, Maltby A, Meakin K, Truscott J, Vallo P (2008). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 6. Bats of Sinai (Egypt) with some taxonomic, ecological and echolocation data on that fauna. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 72: 1-103.
Vallo P, Guillén-Servent A, Benda P, Pires DB, Koubek P (2008). Variation of mitochondrial DNA in the Hipposideros caffer complex (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) and its taxonomic implications. Acta Chiropterologica, 10: 193-206.