Mixed-Mode Transmission Shapes Termite Gut Community Assemblies

Rafael R da Costa; Michael Poulsen

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2018.04.005

Mixed-Mode Transmission Shapes Termite Gut Community Assemblies

Trends Microbiol. 2018 Jul;26(7):557-559. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.04.005. Epub 2018 May 8.

Authors

Rafael R da Costa¹, Michael Poulsen²

Affiliations

¹ Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen East, Denmark.
² Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen East, Denmark. Electronic address: mpoulsen@bio.ku.dk.

PMID: 29752168
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.04.005

Abstract

Understanding how microbial symbiont community assemblies are shaped over evolutionary time is challenging. The current state of the art involves exploring similarities and differences in communities within and between host species, often aiming to link these to host ecology and evolution. However, this masks the evolutionary histories of individual bacterial lineages.

Keywords: amplicon sequencing; evolution; gut bacteria; rRNA metabarcoding; symbiosis; transmission.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Isoptera*
Microbiota
Phylogeny
Symbiosis