Transmission mode and dispersal traits correlate with host specificity in mammalian gut microbes

F Mazel, A Guisan, LW Parfrey - Molecular Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Different host species associate with distinct gut microbes in mammals, a pattern sometimes
referred to as phylosymbiosis. However, the processes shaping this host specificity are not …

Warming effects on lizard gut microbiome depend on habitat connectivity

E Fromm, L Zinger, F Pellerin… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Climate warming and landscape fragmentation are both factors well known to threaten
biodiversity and to generate species responses and adaptation. However, the impact of …

Bumble bee microbiota shows temporal succession and increase of lactic acid bacteria when exposed to outdoor environments

A Weinhold, E Grüner, A Keller - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Question The large earth bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) maintains a social core gut-
microbiota, similar as known from the honey bee, which plays an important role for host …