Niche-neutral theoretic approach to mechanisms underlying the biodiversity and biogeography of human microbiomes.

ABSTRACT: The human microbiome consists of five major regional biomes distributed in or on our five body sites including skin, oral, lung, gut, and reproductive tract. Its biogeography (the spatial and temporal distribution of its biodiversity) has far-reaching implications to our health and diseases. Nevertheless, we currently have very limited understanding on the mechanisms shaping the biogeography, since it is often rather difficult to determine the relative importance of drift, dispersal, speciation, and selection, the four processes (mechanisms) determining the patterns of microbial biogeography and community dynamics according to a recent synthesis in community ecology and biogeography. To disentangle these mechanisms, I utilize multisite neutral (MSN) model and niche-neutral hybrid (N

SUBMITTER: Ma ZS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7896709 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature