The hologenome concept of evolution after 10 years

E Rosenberg, I Zilber-Rosenberg - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
The holobiont (host with its endocellular and extracellular microbiome) can function as a
distinct biological entity, an additional organismal level to the ones previously considered …

Not all animals need a microbiome

TJ Hammer, JG Sanders, N Fierer - FEMS microbiology letters, 2019 - academic.oup.com
It is often taken for granted that all animals host and depend upon a microbiome, yet this has
only been shown for a small proportion of species. We propose that animals span a …

Caterpillars lack a resident gut microbiome

TJ Hammer, DH Janzen, W Hallwachs… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Many animals are inhabited by microbial symbionts that influence their hosts' development,
physiology, ecological interactions, and evolutionary diversification. However, firm evidence …

Bacterial symbionts in Lepidoptera: their diversity, transmission, and impact on the host

LR Paniagua Voirol, E Frago, M Kaltenpoth… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The insect's microbiota is well acknowledged as a “hidden” player influencing essential
insect traits. The gut microbiome of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) has been shown to …

Biodiversity and Activity of the Gut Microbiota across the Life History of the Insect Herbivore Spodoptera littoralis

B Chen, BS Teh, C Sun, S Hu, X Lu, W Boland… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Microbes that live inside insects play critical roles in host nutrition, physiology and behavior.
Although Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are one of the most diverse insect taxa, their …

Foliar-feeding insects acquire microbiomes from the soil rather than the host plant

SE Hannula, F Zhu, R Heinen, TM Bezemer - Nature Communications, 2019 - nature.com
Microbiomes of soils and plants are linked, but how this affects microbiomes of aboveground
herbivorous insects is unknown. We first generated plant-conditioned soils in field plots, then …

Cooking up the perfect insect: Aristotle's transformational idea about the complete metamorphosis of insects

S Reynolds - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aristotle made important contributions to the study of developmental biology, including the
complete metamorphosis of insects. One concept in particular, that of the perfect or complete …

Impact of intraspecific variation in insect microbiomes on host phenotype and evolution

C Lange, S Boyer, TM Bezemer, MC Lefort… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Microbes can be an important source of phenotypic plasticity in insects. Insect physiology,
behaviour, and ecology are influenced by individual variation in the microbial communities …

The hologenome concept: helpful or hollow?

NA Moran, DB Sloan - PLoS biology, 2015 - journals.plos.org
With the increasing appreciation for the crucial roles that microbial symbionts play in the
development and fitness of plant and animal hosts, there has been a recent push to interpret …

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 …