Allometry and Ecology of the Bilaterian Gut Microbiome.

Authors

• Scott Sherrill-Mix, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Kevin McCormick, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Abigail Lauder, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Aubrey Bailey, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Laurie Zimmerman, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Yingying Li, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Jean-Bosco N Django, Department of Ecology and Management of Plant and Animal Resources, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Paco Bertolani, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Christelle Colin, Projet Primates France, Centre de Conservation pour Chimpanzés, Faranah, Republic of Guinea
• John A Hart, Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba Project, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Terese B Hart, Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba Project, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Alexander V Georgiev, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
• Crickette M Sanz, Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• David B Morgan, Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Rebeca Atencia, Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, Jane Goodall Institute, Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo
• Debby Cox, Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, Jane Goodall Institute, Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo
• Martin N Muller, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
• Volker Sommer, Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
• Alexander K Piel, Department of Natural Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
• Fiona A Stewart, Department of Natural Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
• Sheri Speede, Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, IDA-Africa, Portland, Oregon, USA
• Joe Roman, Gund Institute for Environment, Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
• Gary Wu, Division of Gastroenterology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Josh Taylor, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University Health Science Center, Covington, Louisiana, USA
• Rudolf Bohm, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University Health Science Center, Covington, Louisiana, USA
• Heather M Rose, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAFollow
• John Carlson, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, Panama City, Florida, USA
• Deus Mjungu, Gombe Stream Research Centre, The Jane Goodall Institute, Kigoma, Tanzania
• Paul Schmidt, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Celeste Gaughan, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Joyslin I Bushman, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Ella Schmidt, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Kyle Bittinger, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Ronald G Collman, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAFollow
• Beatrice H Hahn, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Frederic D Bushman, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-27-2018

Comments

This article has been peer reviewed. It was published in: mBio.
Volume 9, Issue 2, March-April 2018, Article number e00319-18.
The published version is available at DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00319-18

Copyright © 2018 Sherrill-Mix et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Abstract

Classical ecology provides principles for construction and function of biological communities, but to what extent these apply to the animal-associated microbiota is just beginning to be assessed. Here, we investigated the influence of several well-known ecological principles on animal-associated microbiota by characterizing gut microbial specimens from bilaterally symmetrical animals (

Recommended Citation

Sherrill-Mix, Scott; McCormick, Kevin; Lauder, Abigail; Bailey, Aubrey; Zimmerman, Laurie; Li, Yingying; Django, Jean-Bosco N; Bertolani, Paco; Colin, Christelle; Hart, John A; Hart, Terese B; Georgiev, Alexander V; Sanz, Crickette M; Morgan, David B; Atencia, Rebeca; Cox, Debby; Muller, Martin N; Sommer, Volker; Piel, Alexander K; Stewart, Fiona A; Speede, Sheri; Roman, Joe; Wu, Gary; Taylor, Josh; Bohm, Rudolf; Rose, Heather M; Carlson, John; Mjungu, Deus; Schmidt, Paul; Gaughan, Celeste; Bushman, Joyslin I; Schmidt, Ella; Bittinger, Kyle; Collman, Ronald G; Hahn, Beatrice H; and Bushman, Frederic D, "Allometry and Ecology of the Bilaterian Gut Microbiome." (2018). Department of Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 237.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/medfp/237

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PubMed ID

29588401