Culture-based analysis of Pristionchus-associated microbiota from beetles and figs for studying nematode-bacterial interactions.

ABSTRACT: The interplay with bacteria is of crucial importance for the interaction of multicellular organisms with their environments. Studying the associations between the nematode model organisms Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus with bacteria constitutes a powerful system to investigate these interactions at a mechanistic level. P. pacificus is found in association with scarab beetles in nature and recent studies revealed the succession and dynamics of this nematode and its microbiome during the decomposition of one particular host species, the rhinoceros beetle Oryctes borbonicus on La Réunion Island. However, these studies were performed using culture-free methods, with no attempt made to establish bacterial cultures from the beetle-nematode ecosystem and to investigate the effe

SUBMITTER: Akduman N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5986141 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature