Disentangling the relative roles of vertical transmission, subsequent colonizations and diet on cockroach microbiome assembly
K. Germer, J. Renelies-Hamilton, D. Sillam-Dusses, K. H. Bodawatta, M. Poulsen
This study quantifies how vertical transmission, inoculation sources, and diet shape the gut microbiome of cockroaches, showing that inoculation sources strongly influence community composition while diet affects functional capabilities.
bioRxiv · Jul 1, 2020Evolutionary Biology