Host diet and evolutionary history explain different aspects of gut microbiome diversity among vertebrate clades
oleh: Nicholas D. Youngblut, Georg H. Reischer, William Walters, Nathalie Schuster, Chris Walzer, Gabrielle Stalder, Ruth E. Ley, Andreas H. Farnleitner
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-05-01 |
Deskripsi
Host phylogeny and diet are major explanatory factors of animal gut microbiome diversity, but our understanding of these associations is limited by a focus on captive animals and a narrow taxonomic scope. Here, the authors isolate evolutionary and ecological drivers of gut microbiomes from wild mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.