An introduction to phylosymbiosis

SJ Lim, SR Bordenstein - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Phylosymbiosis was recently formulated to support a hypothesis-driven framework for the
characterization of a new, cross-system trend in host-associated microbiomes. Defining …

Embracing scale‐dependence to achieve a deeper understanding of biodiversity and its change across communities

JM Chase, BJ McGill, DJ McGlinn, F May… - Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Because biodiversity is multidimensional and scale‐dependent, it is challenging to estimate
its change. However, it is unclear (1) how much scale‐dependence matters for empirical …

[图书][B] Environmental DNA: For biodiversity research and monitoring

P Taberlet, A Bonin, L Zinger, E Coissac - 2018 - books.google.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to DNA that can be extracted from environmental
samples (such as soil, water, feces, or air) without the prior isolation of any target organism …

Rare microbial taxa as the major drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in long-term fertilized soils

QL Chen, J Ding, D Zhu, HW Hu… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil microbial communities play an essential role in driving multiple functions (ie,
multifunctionality) that are central to the global biogeochemical cycles. Long-term fertilization …

[HTML][HTML] Host diet and evolutionary history explain different aspects of gut microbiome diversity among vertebrate clades

ND Youngblut, GH Reischer, W Walters… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
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 …

Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition

D Zhu, QL Chen, XL An, XR Yang, P Christie… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms have been widely studied in recent
years but effects on soil biota, and especially on the gut microbiota of soil animals, remain …

Microbiome interactions shape host fitness

AL Gould, V Zhang, L Lamberti… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Gut bacteria can affect key aspects of host fitness, such as development, fecundity, and
lifespan, while the host, in turn, shapes the gut microbiome. However, it is unclear to what …

Gut bacterial and fungal communities of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori) and wild mulberry-feeding relatives

B Chen, K Du, C Sun, A Vimalanathan, X Liang… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Bombyx mori, the domesticated silkworm, is of great importance as a silk producer and as a
powerful experimental model for the basic and applied research. Similar to other animals …

Evolutionary and ecological consequences of gut microbial communities

NA Moran, H Ochman… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Animals are distinguished by having guts—organs that must extract nutrients from food yet
also bar invasion by pathogens. Most guts are colonized by nonpathogenic microorganisms …

Links between metamorphosis and symbiosis in holometabolous insects

TJ Hammer, NA Moran - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many animals depend on microbial symbionts to provide nutrition, defence or other services.
Holometabolous insects, as well as other animals that undergo metamorphosis, face unique …