Bacterial but not protist gut microbiota align with ecological specialization in a set of lower termite species
Lena Waidele, Judith Korb, Sven Küenzel, Franck Dedeine, Fabian Staubach
The paper compares bacterial and protist gut microbiota across lower termite species to assess their alignment with ecological specialization, finding bacterial communities correlate with lifestyle while protist communities align with host phylogeny.
bioRxiv · Nov 1, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology