ArticlemBio2020
Microbiomes Reduce Their Host's Sensitivity to Interspecific Interactions.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Comparative analysis of gut microbiota of Chinese Kunming dog, German Shepherd dog, and Belgian Malinois dog.Journal of veterinary science · 2024Article
- Cross-domain diversity effects: linking diatom species richness, intraspecific richness, and biomass production to host-associated bacterial diversity.ISME communications · 2024Article
- Effects of Phycosphere Bacteria on Their Algal Host Are Host Species-Specific and Not Phylogenetically Conserved.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Disentangling Diet- and Medium-Associated Microbes in Shaping Daphnia Gut Microbiome.Microbial ecology · 2022Article
- Metagenomic insights into the relationship between gut microbiota and residual feed intake of small-sized meat ducks.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Effects of lipid emulsions on the formation of Escherichia coli-Candida albicans mixed-species biofilms on PVC.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Host specificity of microbiome assembly and its fitness effects in phytoplankton.The ISME journal · 2021Article
- Gastrointestinal Development and Microbiota Responses of Geese to Honeycomb Flavonoids Supplementation.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
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- The study of host-microbiome (co)evolution across levels of selection.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
Bacteria associated with eukaryotic hosts can affect host fitness and trophic interactions between eukaryotes, but the extent to which bacteria influence the eukaryotic species interactions within trophic levels that modulate biodiversity and species coexistence is mostly unknown. Here, we used phytoplankton, which are a classic model for evaluating interactions between species, grown with and without associated bacteria to test whether the bacteria alter the strength and type of species interactions within a trophic level. We demonstrate that host-associated bacteria alter host growth rates and carrying capacity. This did not change the type but frequently changed the strength of host interspecific interactions by facilitating host growth in the presence of an established species. These findings indicate that microbiomes can regulate their host species' interspecific interactions. As between-species interaction strength impacts their ability to coexist, our findings show that microbiomes have the potential to modulate eukaryotic species diversity and community composition.
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