ArticleAnnual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics2024
Ecology and evolution of the social microbiome.
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- The adaptation of the gut microbiome to social environmental changes in an Asian langur.iScience · 2026Article
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- Social microbiome transmission predicts microbial specialization and host lifespan in a wild primate.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Marginal link between sociality and gut microbiome in disparate mammalian hosts.FEMS microbes · 2026Article
- Passive environmental and group-level processes drive gut microbiome composition in a wild corvid.Animal microbiome · 2025Article
- Impact of animal socioecology on gut microbial communities: Insights from wild meerkats in the Kalahari.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- Spatial segregation and cross-kingdom interactions drive stingless bee hive microbiome assembly.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A comprehensive atlas of the bonobo gut bacteriome and its associated host and exposome factors.Cell reports · 2025Article
- Shared environments complicate the use of strain-resolved metagenomics to infer microbiome transmission.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Differential microbial community assembly following co-housing versus microbiota transplant.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Bacterial transmission within social groups shapes the underexplored gut microbiome in the lemur Indri indri.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Shared environments complicate the use of strain-resolved metagenomics to infer microbiome transmission.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Animals with close social relationships often have similar microbiomes. These socially structured microbiomes can arise through multiple mechanisms that are often difficult to disentangle, including transmission between social partners or via socially structured, shared environments. Here, we review evidence for socially structured microbiomes and propose methods to differentiate the mechanisms that given rise to them. We discuss the evolutionary implications of these mechanisms for both hosts and their microbiomes, including the possibility that social transmission selects for host-specialized microbiomes. We conclude by identifying outstanding questions related to social microbiomes and their implications for social evolution. We identify new or underutilized approaches like longitudinal study designs, strain sharing analysis, and culture-based characterization to address these outstanding questions.
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