For more than 30 years, the association between the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna
scolopes, and the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri has been studied as a model …

Animal hosts have initiated myriad symbiotic associations with microorganisms and often
have maintained these symbioses for millions of years, spanning drastic changes in …

As our understanding of the human microbiome progresses, so does the need for natural
experimental animal models that promote a mechanistic understanding of beneficial …

Beneficial associations with bacteria are widespread across animals, spanning a range of
symbiont localizations, transmission routes, and functions. While some of these associations …

The regulatory noncoding small RNAs (sRNAs) of bacteria are key elements influencing
gene expression; however, there has been little evidence that beneficial bacteria use these …

Microbiomes are transmitted between generations by a variety of different vertical and/or
horizontal modes, including vegetative reproduction (vertical), via female germ cells …

Background Many animals and plants acquire their coevolved symbiotic partners shortly
post-embryonic development. Thus, during embryogenesis, cellular features must be …

The symbioses that animals form with bacteria play important roles in health and disease,
but the molecular details underlying how bacterial symbionts initially assemble within a host …

Microbes colonize the apical surfaces of polarized epithelia in nearly all animal taxa. In one
example, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri enters, grows to a dense population within …

The mutualistic symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes and the
marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri is a powerful experimental system for determining how …