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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Main Authors: Mathieu Groussin, Florent Mazel, Jon G. Sanders, Chris S. Smillie, Sébastien Lavergne, Wilfried Thuiller, Eric J. Alm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14319