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 …

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

The integration of research from developmental biology and ecology into evolutionary theory
has given rise to a relatively new field, ecological evolutionary developmental biology (Eco …

Vibrios are ubiquitous bacteria in aquatic systems, especially marine ones, and belong to
the Gammaproteobacteria class, the most diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria. The main …

Developmental biology is among the many subdisciplines of the life sciences being
transformed by our increasing awareness of the role of coevolved microbial symbionts in …

Recent molecular data place microbes at the center of the biosphere, from ecosystem
sustainability to animal and plant fitness. Models, including the squid-vibrio symbiosis …

We show that mucociliary membranes of animal epithelia can create fluid-mechanical
microenvironments for the active recruitment of the specific microbiome of the host. In …

Quorum sensing is an intercellular form of communication that bacteria use to coordinate
group behaviors such as biofilm formation and the production of antibiotics and virulence …

Upon transit to colonization sites, bacteria often experience critical priming that prepares
them for subsequent, specific interactions with the host; however, the underlying …

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