Species-specific bacterial associations emerge from stochastically assembled microbiomes in Northeastern American fireflies
Benoît Béchade, Sarah E. Lower, Sierra R. Nichols, Tanner J Dabbert, Alison Ravenscraft
The paper examines microbiome assembly in fireflies, finding both stochastic and deterministic processes shape bacterial associations across species.
Molecular Ecology · Jul 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology