Interspecies relationships of natural amoebae and bacteria with <i>C. elegans</i> create environments propitious for multigenerational diapause.

ABSTRACT: The molecular and physical communication within the microscopic world underpins the entire web of life as we know it. However, how organisms, such as bacteria, amoebae, and nematodes-all ubiquitous-interact to sustain their ecological niches, particularly how their associations generate and influence behavior, remains largely unknown. In this study, we developed a framework to examine long-term interactions between microbes and animals. From soil samples collected in a temperate, semi-arid climate, we isolated culturable bacterial genera, including Comamonas, Stenotrophomonas, Chryseobacterium, and Rhodococcus, as well as the amoeba, Tetramitus. This microbial ensemble was fed to the nematode C. elegans in experiments spanning over 20 nematode gene

SUBMITTER: Serey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12013276 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature