Gut microbial ecology of Philippine gekkonids: ecoevolutionary effects on microbiome compositions.

ABSTRACT: Given the rapidly changing landscapes of habitats across the globe, a sound understanding of host-associated microbial communities and the ecoevolutionary forces that shape them is needed to assess general organismal adaptability. Knowledge of the symbiotic endogenous microbiomes of most reptilian species worldwide remains limited. We sampled gut microbiomes of geckos spanning nine species and four genera in the Philippines to (i) provide baseline data on gut microbiota in these host species, (ii) test for significant associations between host phylogenetic relationships and observed microbial assemblages, potentially indicative of phylosymbiosis, and (iii) identify correlations between multiple ecoevolutionary factors (e.g. species identity, habitat tendencies, range extents, and maximum b

SUBMITTER: Eliades SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9681010 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature