Gut microbiome composition, not alpha diversity, is associated with survival in a natural vertebrate population

Animal Microbiome

Terry Burke¹  Matthew I. Hutchings²  Jan Komdeur³  Hannah L. Dugdale⁴  Charli S. Davies⁵  Maria-Elena Mannarelli⁵  Sarah F. Worsley⁵  David S. Richardson⁶ 

[1] Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK;Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, Norwich, UK;Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands;Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands;Faculty of Biological Sciences, School of Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK;School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, UK;School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, UK;Nature Seychelles, Roche Caiman, Mahé, Republic of Seychelles;

关键词: Gut microbiome;    Microbial diversity;    Fitness;    Life history;    Acrocephalus sechellensis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42523-021-00149-6

来源: Springer

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