Patterns of Microbiome Variation Among Infrapopulations of Permanent Bloodsucking Parasites.

ABSTRACT: While interspecific variation in microbiome composition can often be readily explained by factors such as host species identity, there is still limited knowledge of how microbiomes vary at scales lower than the species level (e.g., between individuals or populations). Here, we evaluated variation in microbiome composition of individual parasites among infrapopulations (i.e., populations of parasites of the same species living on a single host individual). To address this question, we used genome-resolved and shotgun metagenomic data of 17 infrapopulations (balanced design) of the permanent, bloodsucking seal louse Echinophthirius horridus sampled from individual Saimaa ringed seals Pusa hispida saimensis. Both genome-resolved and read-based metagenomic classification approach

SUBMITTER: Dona J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8085356 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature