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host-microbiome interactions — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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host-microbiome interactions

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 7

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 73 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on host-microbiome interactions with 73 nodes and 192 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Marmota, Yellow-bellied Marmot, Two-form Bumble Bee.

Definition

The relationship between a host organism and its associated microbial community, including costs and benefits to host fitness

Related Terms (4)

microbiomegut microbial communitygut microbiotasymbiotic microorganisms

Publications (5)

Host species and geographic location shape microbial diversity and functional potential in the conifer needle microbiome

The social microbiome: gut microbiome diversity and abundance are negatively associated with sociality in a wild mammal

2023Royal Society Open Science

<i> Firmicutes </i> and <i> Bacteroidetes </i> explain mass gain variation in an obligate hibernator

No evidence that gut microbiota impose a net cost on their butterfly host

2019Molecular Ecology

Metabolism of toxic sugars by the bee gut symbiont <i>Gilliamella apicola</i>

Related Concepts (10)

Community structure analysis

process2 shared papers

social aggression

phenomenon2 shared papers

horizontal gene transfer

process2 shared papers

nutrient loading reduction

policy1 shared paper

host specificity

phenomenon1 shared paper

brain-gut axis

process1 shared paper

plant-pollinator mutualism

process1 shared paper

microbial diversity

measurement1 shared paper

extrachromosomal elements

phenomenon1 shared paper

metagenomics

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Bacteria

Gammaproteobacteria

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Sciuridae3 papers

Marmota

Sciuridae3 papers

Streptococcus

Streptococcaceae3 papers

Commensalibacter

Escherichia coli

Enterobacteriaceae3 papers

Bombus nevadensis

Bombus mixtus

Two-form Bumble Bee