Herptile gut microbiomes: a natural system to study multi-kingdom interactions between filamentous fungi and bacteria
L. B. Vargas-Gastelum, A. S. Romer, N. R. Alexander, M. Ghotbi, K. C. Moe, K. L. McPhail, G. F. Neuhaus, L. Shadmani, J. W. Spatafora, J. E. Stajich, J. F. Tabima, D. Walker
This paper investigates the gut microbiomes of herptiles, showing that Basidiobolus fungi are common and interact with bacteria, potentially shaping bacterial communities through horizontal gene transfer.
bioRxiv · Aug 23, 2023Ecology