Finding Needles in Haystacks and Inferring Their Function: Challenges and Successes in Beneficial Symbiosis Research

ABSTRACT Symbioses between hosts and beneficial microbes are key drivers of biological innovation and diversity. While a range of systems have emerged that provide foundational insights into how symbioses function and evolve, we still have a limited understanding of the vast diversity of organisms t...

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Autores principales:	Gordon M. Bennett, Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, E. Maggie Sogin
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2021
Materias:	agricultural pest bacteria evolution genome nematodes nutrition Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3caad5891b2544e6a9baf1f8b7c272702021-12-02T19:36:39ZFinding Needles in Haystacks and Inferring Their Function: Challenges and Successes in Beneficial Symbiosis Research10.1128/mSystems.00243-212379-5077https://doaj.org/article/3caad5891b2544e6a9baf1f8b7c272702021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00243-21https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5077ABSTRACT Symbioses between hosts and beneficial microbes are key drivers of biological innovation and diversity. While a range of systems have emerged that provide foundational insights into how symbioses function and evolve, we still have a limited understanding of the vast diversity of organisms that engage in such interactions. Recent advances in molecular tools, theory, and interdisciplinary approaches now permit researchers to expand our knowledge and to press forward the frontiers of symbiosis research. As described in a recent issue of mSystems, Myers and colleagues (K. N. Myers, D. Conn, and A. M. V. Brown, mSystems, 6:e01048-20, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01048-20) conducted a genome skimming approach to understand the role of obligate beneficial symbionts in plant-parasitic dagger nematodes. Nematodes are extraordinarily abundant and key players in ecosystem function and health. However, they are difficult to harness in the lab. The approach used by Myers et al. ameliorates these challenges to illustrate a relatively complete picture of a poorly understood beneficial symbiosis.Gordon M. BennettElizabeth Heath-HeckmanE. Maggie SoginAmerican Society for Microbiologyarticleagricultural pestbacteriaevolutiongenomenematodesnutritionMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSystems, Vol 6, Iss 2 (2021)
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spellingShingle	agricultural pest bacteria evolution genome nematodes nutrition Microbiology QR1-502 Gordon M. Bennett Elizabeth Heath-Heckman E. Maggie Sogin Finding Needles in Haystacks and Inferring Their Function: Challenges and Successes in Beneficial Symbiosis Research
description	ABSTRACT Symbioses between hosts and beneficial microbes are key drivers of biological innovation and diversity. While a range of systems have emerged that provide foundational insights into how symbioses function and evolve, we still have a limited understanding of the vast diversity of organisms that engage in such interactions. Recent advances in molecular tools, theory, and interdisciplinary approaches now permit researchers to expand our knowledge and to press forward the frontiers of symbiosis research. As described in a recent issue of mSystems, Myers and colleagues (K. N. Myers, D. Conn, and A. M. V. Brown, mSystems, 6:e01048-20, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01048-20) conducted a genome skimming approach to understand the role of obligate beneficial symbionts in plant-parasitic dagger nematodes. Nematodes are extraordinarily abundant and key players in ecosystem function and health. However, they are difficult to harness in the lab. The approach used by Myers et al. ameliorates these challenges to illustrate a relatively complete picture of a poorly understood beneficial symbiosis.
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title	Finding Needles in Haystacks and Inferring Their Function: Challenges and Successes in Beneficial Symbiosis Research
title_short	Finding Needles in Haystacks and Inferring Their Function: Challenges and Successes in Beneficial Symbiosis Research
title_full	Finding Needles in Haystacks and Inferring Their Function: Challenges and Successes in Beneficial Symbiosis Research
title_fullStr	Finding Needles in Haystacks and Inferring Their Function: Challenges and Successes in Beneficial Symbiosis Research
title_full_unstemmed	Finding Needles in Haystacks and Inferring Their Function: Challenges and Successes in Beneficial Symbiosis Research
title_sort	finding needles in haystacks and inferring their function: challenges and successes in beneficial symbiosis research
publisher	American Society for Microbiology
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Finding Needles in Haystacks and Inferring Their Function: Challenges and Successes in Beneficial Symbiosis Research

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