Context Is Key: Comparative Biology Illuminates the Vertebrate Microbiome

ABSTRACT Microbes affect vertebrates on timescales from daily to evolutionary, and the cumulative effect of these interactions is immense. However, how microbiomes compare across (host) species is poorly understood, as most studies focus on relatively few species. A recent mBio article by S. J. Song...

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Autor principal:	Sarah M. Hird
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2020
Materias:	birds comparative studies mammals microbiome microbiota Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f8c44c7061064ee3bd353a77d832a62b2021-11-15T15:57:03ZContext Is Key: Comparative Biology Illuminates the Vertebrate Microbiome10.1128/mBio.00153-202150-7511https://doaj.org/article/f8c44c7061064ee3bd353a77d832a62b2020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00153-20https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Microbes affect vertebrates on timescales from daily to evolutionary, and the cumulative effect of these interactions is immense. However, how microbiomes compare across (host) species is poorly understood, as most studies focus on relatively few species. A recent mBio article by S. J. Song, J. G. Sanders, F. Delsuc, J. Metcalf, et al. (mBio 11:e02901-19, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02901-19) expands our collective understanding of the vertebrate microbiome by analyzing ∼900 species. They demonstrate that patterns within mammals contrast with those within birds. Their results suggest many hypotheses about the role of host ecology and evolution on microbiome variation. Bats, the only volant mammals, appear to contradict many of the general mammal microbiome trends, in some ways resembling birds. What role has powered flight, and the evolution thereof, played in microbiome structure and function? Comparative methods, mechanistic hypotheses, and theory will elucidate this exciting question (and others) that we can ask using Song, Sanders et al.’s data and results.Sarah M. HirdAmerican Society for Microbiologyarticlebirdscomparative studiesmammalsmicrobiomemicrobiotaMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2020)
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description	ABSTRACT Microbes affect vertebrates on timescales from daily to evolutionary, and the cumulative effect of these interactions is immense. However, how microbiomes compare across (host) species is poorly understood, as most studies focus on relatively few species. A recent mBio article by S. J. Song, J. G. Sanders, F. Delsuc, J. Metcalf, et al. (mBio 11:e02901-19, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02901-19) expands our collective understanding of the vertebrate microbiome by analyzing ∼900 species. They demonstrate that patterns within mammals contrast with those within birds. Their results suggest many hypotheses about the role of host ecology and evolution on microbiome variation. Bats, the only volant mammals, appear to contradict many of the general mammal microbiome trends, in some ways resembling birds. What role has powered flight, and the evolution thereof, played in microbiome structure and function? Comparative methods, mechanistic hypotheses, and theory will elucidate this exciting question (and others) that we can ask using Song, Sanders et al.’s data and results.
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title	Context Is Key: Comparative Biology Illuminates the Vertebrate Microbiome
title_short	Context Is Key: Comparative Biology Illuminates the Vertebrate Microbiome
title_full	Context Is Key: Comparative Biology Illuminates the Vertebrate Microbiome
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title_full_unstemmed	Context Is Key: Comparative Biology Illuminates the Vertebrate Microbiome
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Context Is Key: Comparative Biology Illuminates the Vertebrate Microbiome

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