Hidden palette: Culturing the sauropsid gut microbiome reveals a high prevalence and diversity of bacteria that undergo carotenoid biosynthesis
Alix E. Matthews, Victoria Gates, Kartikey Sharma, Sebastian Gallego, Madeline Desmond, Samantha S. Fontaine, Brian K. Trevelline, Marcella D. Baiz
The paper isolates gut bacteria from wild sauropsids and finds a high prevalence of carotenoid-producing microbes across multiple species.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology · Sep 4, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology