The perpetuation of symbioses through host generations relies on symbiont transmission.
Horizontally transmitted symbionts are taken up from the environment anew by each host …

Marine sponges often contain diverse and abundant microbial communities, including
bacteria, archaea, microalgae, and fungi. In some cases, these microbial associates …

Most symbiotic associations between animals and microorganisms are horizontally
transmitted—the microorganisms are acquired from the environment by each generation of …

Genetically altered or tagged Vibrio fischeri strains can be observed in association with their
mutualistic host Euprymna scolopes, providing powerful experimental approaches for …

Host–pathogen interactions have been widely studied in humans and terrestrial plants, but
are much less well explored in marine systems. Here we show that a marine macroalga …

During colonization of the Euprymna scolopes light organ, symbiotic Vibrio fischeri cells
aggregate in mucus secreted by a superficial ciliated host epithelium near the sites of …

Animal epithelial tissue becomes reproducibly colonized by specific environmental bacteria.
The bacteria (microbiota) perform critical functions for the host's tissue development …

The alydid stinkbug Riptortus pedestris is specifically associated with a beneficial
Burkholderia symbiont in the midgut crypts. Exceptional among insect-microbe mutualistic …

Successful colonization of a eukaryotic host by a microbe involves complex microbe–
microbe and microbe–host interactions. Previously, we identified in Vibrio fischeri a putative …

Strain diversity, while now recognized as a key driver underlying partner dynamics in
symbioses, is usually difficult to experimentally manipulate and image in hosts with complex …