Unraveling the processes shaping mammalian gut microbiomes over evolutionary time
Both host diet and phylogeny have been argued to shape mammalian microbiome communities. Here, the authors show that diet predicts the presence of ancient bacterial lineages in the microbiome, but that co-speciation between more recent bacterial lineages and their hosts may drive associations betwee...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-02-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14319 |