Generalist vs specialist strategy shapes microbiomes in blood feeding parasite Polyplax serrata.
Damián Dedecius, Jakub Kolář, Jana Martinů, Jan Štefka, Eva Nováková, Václav Hypša
The paper compares microbiome diversity between generalist and specialist lineages of the louse Polyplax serrata using 16S rRNA sequencing, finding that the generalist lineage has more heterogeneous microbiomes.
Frontiers in Microbiology · Nov 21, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology