Microbes perform a variety of vital functions that are essential for healthy ecosystems,
ranging from nutrient recycling, antibiotic production and waste decomposition. In many …

Aquatic organisms rely on microbial symbionts for coping with various challenges they
encounter during stress and for defending themselves against predators, pathogens and …

The association with microbes in plants and animals is known to be beneficial for host's
survival and fitness, but the generality of the effect of the microbiome is still debated. For …

The gut microbiota has been increasingly recognized to regulate host fitness, which in turn is
dependent on stability of community structure and composition. Many biotic and abiotic …

Studies of how the microbiome varies among individuals, populations, and abiotic
conditions are critical for understanding this key component of an organism's biology and …

The assembly of host-associated bacterial communities is influenced by a multitude of biotic
and abiotic factors. It is essential to gain insight in the impact and relative strength of these …

Microbial communities confer multiple beneficial effects to their multicellular hosts. To
evaluate the evolutionary and ecological implications of the animal-microbe interactions, it is …

The keystone zooplankton Daphnia magna has recently been used as a model system for
understanding host-microbiota interactions. However, the bacterial species present and …

The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized for its impact on host fitness, but it remains
poorly understood how naturally variable environments influence gut microbiome diversity …

The integration of life-history, physiological and behavioural traits into the pace-of-life
generates a powerful framework to understand trait variation in nature both along …