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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2025

Dietary niche shapes bacterial community in Indo-Pacific ants.

Phoebe Cunningham, Rebecca Vesey, Hannah Chaudry-Phipps, Tom M Fayle, Umar Diara, Guillaume Chomicki, Dan Lestina, Jiri Tuma, Pamela H Templer, Petr Klimes and 1 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Phoebe CunninghamSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0008-6360-4414
Rebecca VeseySchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Hannah Chaudry-PhippsSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Tom M FayleSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1667-1189
Umar DiaraSchool of Agriculture, Geography, Environment, Ocean and Natural Sciences, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.ORCID 0000-0003-3020-5050
Guillaume ChomickiDepartment of Bioscience, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4547-6195
Dan LestinaBiology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-3939-7936
Jiri TumaBiology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-0034-3359
Pamela H TemplerDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6570-3837
Petr KlimesBiology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6561-4455
Lee M HenrySchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5706-1328

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/W001632/1Czech Science Foundation Standard Project 21-00828SLeverhulme Trust RPG-2020-21Natural Environment Research Council NE/S014470/3UK Research and Innovation EP/X026868/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ants are among the most ecologically diverse insects, especially in tropical forest ecosystems, yet what shapes their microbial associates remains poorly understood. Most research has focused on Neotropical ants, where strong microbial associations have been linked to shifts in diet-such as herbivory-and nesting ecology. In contrast, Indo-Pacific ants, which have independently evolved similar specialized lifestyles, remain largely unstudied for their microbial associations. Here, we integrate deep-coverage 16S rRNA sequencing with stable isotope (δ

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AntsBacteriaMicrobiotaAnimalsBiodiversityDietEcosystemHerbivoryPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16S16S rRNA sequencingdiet evolutionmicrobiomesymbiosestropics

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PMID40899832
PMCPMC12502676

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