K. D. Kohl

Experimental depletion of gut microbiota diversity reduces host thermal tolerance and fitness under heat stress in a vertebrate ectotherm

This study shows that reducing gut microbiota diversity in tadpoles decreases their thermal tolerance and survival under heat stress.

The gut microbiome influences host diet selection behavior

The paper shows that gut microbiota from different rodent species influence host diet selection by altering amino acid availability and intestinal morphology.

Metagenomic sequencing provides insights into the location of microbial detoxification in the gut of a small mammalian herbivore

The study uses metagenomic sequencing to determine that microbial detoxification of plant compounds occurs in different gut chambers of woodrats, depending on the compound type.