Microbial assemblages residing within and on animal gastric tissues contribute to various
host beneficial processes that include diet accessibility and nutrient provisioning, and we
sought to examine the degree to which intergenerational and community-acquired gut
bacteria impact development in a tractable germ-free (GF) invertebrate model system.
Coprophagy is a common behavior in cockroaches and termites that provides access to both
nutrients and the primary means by which juveniles are inoculated with beneficial gut …