High-Throughput Cultivation for the Selective Isolation of Acidobacteria From Termite Nests.

ABSTRACT: Microbial communities in the immediate environment of socialized invertebrates can help to suppress pathogens, in part by synthesizing bioactive natural products. Here we characterized the core microbiomes of three termite species (genus Coptotermes) and their nest material to gain more insight into the diversity of termite-associated bacteria. Sampling a healthy termite colony over time implicated a consolidated and highly stable microbiome, pointing toward the fact that beneficial bacterial phyla play a major role in termite fitness. In contrast, there was a significant shift in the composition of the core microbiome in one nest during a fungal infection, affecting the abundance of well-characterized Streptomyces species (phylum Actinobacteria) as well as less-studied bacte

SUBMITTER: Oberpaul M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677567 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature