Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats

Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats

ABSTRACT Diet and host phylogeny drive the taxonomic and functional contents of the gut microbiome in mammals, yet it is unknown whether these patterns hold across all vertebrate lineages. Here, we assessed gut microbiomes from ∼900 vertebrate species, including 315 mammals and 491 birds, assessing...

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Main Authors: Se Jin Song, Jon G. Sanders, Frédéric Delsuc, Jessica Metcalf, Katherine Amato, Michael W. Taylor, Florent Mazel, Holly L. Lutz, Kevin Winker, Gary R. Graves, Gregory Humphrey, Jack A. Gilbert, Shannon J. Hackett, Kevin P. White, Heather R. Skeen, Sarah M. Kurtis, Jack Withrow, Thomas Braile, Matthew Miller, Kevin G. McCracken, James M. Maley, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Allison Williams, Jessica M. Blanton, Valerie J. McKenzie, Rob Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-02-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
diet
evolution
flight
microbiome
vertebrate
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02901-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02901-19

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