Microbiome Structure of a Wild <i>Drosophila</i> Community along Tropical Elevational Gradients and Comparison to Laboratory Lines
Joel J. Brown, A Jandová, Christopher T. Jeffs, Megan Higgie, Eva Nováková, Owen T. Lewis, Jan Hrček
Abstract
Bacteria form microbial communities inside most higher-level organisms, but we know little about how the microbiome varies along environmental gradients and between natural host populations and laboratory colonies. To explore such effects on insect-associated microbiomes, we studied the gut microbiome in four Drosophila species over two mountain gradients in tropical Australia.
Topics & Concepts
MicrobiomeBiologyDrosophila (subgenus)EcologyMetagenomicsHost (biology)Microbial population biologyInsectCommunity structureTropical climateBacteriaZoologyGeneticsGeneInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesInsect behavior and control techniquesInsect Utilization and Effects