Background Gastropoda, the largest class within the phylum Mollusca, houses diverse gut
microbiota, and some gastropods serve as intermediate hosts for parasites. Studies have …

Herbivore diets are often generalistic, and communities of herbivores tend to share much of
their diets. In the tropical lowlands of Malaysian Borneo, tens of different noncarnivorous …

Symbiotic microorganisms are often critical for metazoan host biological functioning. Over
life stages, hosts acquire symbionts from their environment, though the specific …