Contribution of Maternal and Paternal Transmission to Bacterial Colonization in Nematostella vectensis.

ABSTRACT: Microbial communities confer multiple beneficial effects to their multicellular hosts. To evaluate the evolutionary and ecological implications of the animal-microbe interactions, it is essential to understand how bacterial colonization is secured and maintained during the transition from one generation to the next. However, the mechanisms of symbiont transmission are poorly studied for many species, especially in marine environments, where the surrounding water constitutes an additional source of microbes. Nematostella vectensis, an estuarine cnidarian, has recently emerged as model organism for studies on host-microbes interactions. Here, we use this model organism to study the transmission of bacterial colonizers, evaluating the contribution of parental and environmental transmis

SUBMITTER: Baldassarre L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8544946 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature