Commensal protists in reptiles display flexible host range and adaptation to ectothermic hosts
E. R. Gerrick, L. B. DeSchepper, C. M. Mechler, L.-M. Joubert, F. Dunker, T. J. Colston, M. R. Howitt
The paper investigates parabasalid protists in reptiles, finding they have a flexible host range and adapt to temperature changes, but cold temperatures negatively affect their transcriptomes.
bioRxiv · May 25, 2023Microbiology