Developing general principles of host–microorganism interactions necessitates a robust
understanding of the eco-evolutionary processes that structure microbiota. Phylosymbiosis …

Diet and host phylogeny drive the taxonomic and functional contents of the gut microbiome
in mammals, yet it is unknown whether these patterns hold across all vertebrate lineages …

Multiple factors modulate microbial community assembly in the vertebrate gut, though
studies disagree as to their relative contribution. One cause may be a reliance on captive …

The host‐associated core microbiome was originally coined to refer to common groups of
microbes or genes that were likely to be particularly important for host biological function …

Animals in the wild are able to subsist on pathogen-infected and poisonous food and show
immunity to various diseases. These may be due to their microbiota, yet we have a poor …

Mental disorders and neurological diseases are becoming a rapidly increasing medical
burden. Although extensive studies have been conducted, the progress in developing …

Over the past decade several studies have reported that the gut microbiomes of mammals
with similar dietary niches exhibit similar compositional and functional traits. However, these …

Soil and the human gut contain approximately the same number of active microorganisms,
while human gut microbiome diversity is only 10% that of soil biodiversity and has …

Archaea are common constituents of the gut microbiome of humans, ruminants, and termites
but little is known about their diversity and abundance in other animals. Here, we analyse …

Every mammalian species harbours a gut microbiota, and variation in the gut microbiota
within mammalian species can have profound effects on host phenotypes. In this review, we …