Phylosymbiosis was recently formulated to support a hypothesis-driven framework for the
characterization of a new, cross-system trend in host-associated microbiomes. Defining …

Insects are associated with multiple microbes that have been reported to influence various
aspects of their biology. Most studies in insects, including pest species, focus on the …

Phages are increasingly recognized as important members of host-associated microbiomes,
with a vast genomic diversity. The new frontier is to understand how phages may affect …

Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing (mNGS) allows the evaluation of complex
microbial communities, avoiding isolation and cultivation of each microbial species, and …

Microbiome assemblages of plants and animals often show a degree of correlation with host
phylogeny; an eco-evolutionary pattern known as phylosymbiosis. Using 16S rRNA gene …

Bacteria and their viruses (bacteriophages or phages) interact antagonistically and
beneficially in polymicrobial communities such as the guts of animals. These interactions are …

Mosquitoes not only transmit human and veterinary pathogens called arboviruses
(arthropod-borne viruses) but also harbor mosquito-associated insect-specific viruses …

Viral discovery studies in wild animals often rely on cross‐sectional surveys at a single time
point. As a result, our understanding of the temporal stability of wild animal viromes remains …

Bacteriophages (phages) are ubiquitous elements in nature, but their ecology and role in
animals remains little understood. Sponges represent the oldest known extant animal …

The gut microbiome is shaped by both host diet and host phylogeny. However, separating
the relative influence of these two factors over long periods of evolutionary time is often …