Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Host-associated microbiomes, the microorganisms occurring inside and on host surfaces, influence evolutionary, immunological, and ecological processes. Interactions between host and microbiome affect metabolism and contribute to host adaptation to changing environments. Meta-analyses of host-associated bacterial communities have the potential to elucidate global-scale patterns of microbial community structure and function. It is possible that host surface-associated (external) microbiomes respond more strongly to variations in environmental factors, whereas internal microbiomes are more tightly linked to host factors.

Results

Here, we use the dataset from the Earth Microbiome Project and accumulate data from 50 additional studies totaling 654 host species and over

SUBMITTER: Woodhams DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6996194 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature