scholarly journals An introduction to phylosymbiosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 287 (1922) ◽  
pp. 20192900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shen Jean Lim ◽  
Seth R. Bordenstein
Keyword(s):  
Host Species ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Host Phylogeny ◽  
Host Genetic ◽  
Cross System ◽  
Transplant Experiments

Phylosymbiosis was recently formulated to support a hypothesis-driven framework for the characterization of a new, cross-system trend in host-associated microbiomes. Defining phylosymbiosis as ‘microbial community relationships that recapitulate the phylogeny of their host’, we review the relevant literature and data in the last decade, emphasizing frequently used methods and regular patterns observed in analyses. Quantitative support for phylosymbiosis is provided by statistical methods evaluating higher microbiome variation between host species than within host species, topological similarities between the host phylogeny and microbiome dendrogram, and a positive association between host genetic relationships and microbiome beta diversity. Significant degrees of phylosymbiosis are prevalent, but not universal, in microbiomes of plants and animals from terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Consistent with natural selection shaping phylosymbiosis, microbiome transplant experiments demonstrate reduced host performance and/or fitness upon host–microbiome mismatches. Hybridization can also disrupt phylosymbiotic microbiomes and cause hybrid pathologies. The pervasiveness of phylosymbiosis carries several important implications for advancing knowledge of eco-evolutionary processes that impact host–microbiome interactions and future applications of precision microbiology. Important future steps will be to examine phylosymbiosis beyond bacterial communities, apply evolutionary modelling for an increasingly sophisticated understanding of phylosymbiosis, and unravel the host and microbial mechanisms that contribute to the pattern. This review serves as a gateway to experimental, conceptual and quantitative themes of phylosymbiosis and outlines opportunities ripe for investigation from a diversity of disciplines.

scholarly journals An introduction to phylosymbiosis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shen Jean Lim ◽  
Seth R Bordenstein
Keyword(s):  
Host Species ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Evolutionary Modeling ◽  
Host Phylogeny ◽  
Host Genetic ◽  
Cross System ◽  
Transplant Experiments

Phylosymbiosis was recently formulated to support a hypothesis-driven framework for the characterization of a new, cross-system trend in host-associated microbiomes. Defining phylosymbiosis as “microbial community relationships that recapitulate the phylogeny of their host”, we review the relevant literature and data in the last decade, emphasizing frequently used methods and regular patterns observed in analyses. Quantitative support for phylosymbiosis is provided by statistical methods evaluating higher microbiome variation between host species than within host species, topological similarities between the host phylogeny and microbiome dendrogram, and a positive association between host genetic relationships and microbiome beta diversity. Significant degrees of phylosymbiosis are prevalent, but not universal, in microbiomes of plants and animals from terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Consistent with natural selection shaping phylosymbiosis, microbiome transplant experiments demonstrate reduced host performance and/or fitness upon host-microbiome mismatches. Hybridization can also disrupt phylosymbiotic microbiomes and cause hybrid pathologies. The pervasiveness of phylosymbiosis carries several important implications for advancing knowledge of eco-evolutionary processes that impact host-microbiome interactions and future applications of precision microbiology. Important future steps will be to examine phylosymbiosis beyond bacterial communities, apply evolutionary modeling for an increasingly sophisticated understanding of phylosymbiosis, and unravel the host and microbial mechanisms that contribute to the pattern. This review serves as a gateway to experimental, conceptual, and quantitative themes of phylosymbiosis and outlines opportunities ripe for investigations from a diversity of disciplines.

scholarly journals An introduction to phylosymbiosis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shen Jean Lim ◽  
Seth R Bordenstein
Keyword(s):  
Host Species ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Evolutionary Modeling ◽  
Host Phylogeny ◽  
Host Genetic ◽  
Cross System ◽  
Transplant Experiments

Phylosymbiosis was recently formulated to support a hypothesis-driven framework for the characterization of a new, cross-system trend in host-associated microbiomes. Defining phylosymbiosis as “microbial community relationships that recapitulate the phylogeny of their host”, we review the relevant literature and data in the last decade, emphasizing frequently used methods and regular patterns observed in analyses. Quantitative support for phylosymbiosis is provided by statistical methods evaluating higher microbiome variation between host species than within host species, topological similarities between the host phylogeny and microbiome dendrogram, and a positive association between host genetic relationships and microbiome beta diversity. Significant degrees of phylosymbiosis are prevalent, but not universal, in microbiomes of plants and animals from terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Consistent with natural selection shaping phylosymbiosis, microbiome transplant experiments demonstrate reduced host performance and/or fitness upon host-microbiome mismatches. Hybridization can also disrupt phylosymbiotic microbiomes and cause hybrid pathologies. The pervasiveness of phylosymbiosis carries several important implications for advancing knowledge of eco-evolutionary processes that impact host-microbiome interactions and future applications of precision microbiology. Important future steps will be to examine phylosymbiosis beyond bacterial communities, apply evolutionary modeling for an increasingly sophisticated understanding of phylosymbiosis, and unravel the host and microbial mechanisms that contribute to the pattern. This review serves as a gateway to experimental, conceptual, and quantitative themes of phylosymbiosis and outlines opportunities ripe for investigations from a diversity of disciplines.

scholarly journals An introduction to phylosymbiosis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shen Jean Lim ◽  
Seth R Bordenstein
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Biology ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Host Phylogeny ◽  
Host Genetic ◽  
Regular Patterns ◽  
Transplant Experiments

Phylosymbiosis was recently formulated to support a hypothesis-driven framework for the characterization of an emerging trend in host-associated microbiomes. Defining phylosymbiosis as “microbial community relationships that recapitulate the phylogeny of their host”, we review the relevant literature and data in the last decade, emphasizing frequently used methods and regular patterns observed in the analyses. Quantitative support for phylosymbiosis is provided by statistical methods evaluating the distinguishability of microbiomes between hosts, topological congruency between the host phylogeny and microbiome dendrogram, and a positive association between host genetic relationships and microbiome beta diversity. Significant degrees of phylosymbiosis are prevalent in gut and surface microbiomes of plants and animals from terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Consistent with natural selection underpinning phylosymbiosis, microbiome transplant experiments demonstrate reduced host performance and/or fitness upon host-microbiome mismatches. The pervasiveness of phylosymbiosis carries several important implications for analyses of host-microbiome interactions, evolutionary biology, personalized microbiology, and conservation biology. Important future steps will be to apply evolutionary modelling for an increasingly sophisticated understanding of phylosymbiosis and to unravel the host and microbial mechanisms that contribute to the pattern. This review serves as a gateway to experimental, conceptual, and quantitative themes of phylosymbiosis and outlines opportunities ripe for investigations from a diversity of disciplines, scholars, and students.

scholarly journals Genomes of gut bacteria from Nasonia wasps shed light on phylosymbiosis and microbe-assisted hybrid breakdown

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karissa L. Cross ◽  
Brittany A. Leigh ◽  
E. Anne Hatmaker ◽  
Aram Mikaelyan ◽  
Asia K. Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proteus Mirabilis ◽  
Host Species ◽  
Parental Species ◽  
Parasitoid Wasp ◽  
Gut Bacteria ◽  
Hybrid Breakdown ◽  
Bacterial Genomes ◽  
Providencia Rettgeri ◽  
Host Phylogeny

ABSTRACTPhylosymbiosis is a cross-system trend whereby microbial community relationships recapitulate the host phylogeny. In Nasonia parasitoid wasps, phylosymbiosis occurs throughout development, is distinguishable between sexes, and benefits host development and survival. Moreover, the microbiome shifts in hybrids as a rare Proteus bacteria in the microbiome becomes dominant. The larval hybrids then catastrophically succumb to bacterial-assisted lethality and reproductive isolation between the species. Two important questions for understanding phylosymbiosis and bacterial-assisted lethality in hybrids are: (i) Do the Nasonia bacterial genomes differ from other animal isolates and (ii) Are the hybrid bacterial genomes the same as those in the parental species? Here we report the cultivation, whole genome sequencing, and comparative analyses of the most abundant gut bacteria in Nasonia larvae, Providencia rettgeri and Proteus mirabilis. Characterization of new isolates shows Proteus mirabilis forms a more robust biofilm than Providencia rettgeri and when grown in co-culture, Proteus mirabilis significantly outcompetes Providencia rettgeri. Providencia rettgeri genomes from Nasonia are similar to each other and more divergent to pathogenic, human-associates strains. Proteus mirabilis from N. vitripennis, N. giraulti, and their hybrid offspring are nearly identical and relatively distinct from human isolates. These results indicate that members of the larval gut microbiome within Nasonia are most similar to each other, and the strain of the dominant Proteus mirabilis in hybrids is resident in parental species. Holobiont interactions between shared, resident members of the wasp microbiome and the host underpin phylosymbiosis and hybrid breakdown.IMPORTANCEAnimal and plant hosts often establish intimate relationships with their microbiomes. In varied environments, closely-related host species share more similar microbiomes, a pattern termed phylosymbiosis. When phylosymbiosis is functionally significant and beneficial, microbial transplants between host species or host hybridization can have detrimental consequences on host biology. In the Nasonia parasitoid wasp genus that contains a phylosymbiotic gut community, both effects occur and provide evidence for selective pressures on the holobiont. Here, we show that bacterial genomes in Nasonia differ from other environments and harbor genes with unique functions that may regulate phylosymbiotic relationships. Furthermore, the bacteria in hybrids are identical to parental species, thus supporting a hologenomic tenet that the same members of the microbiome and the host genome impact phylosymbiosis, hybrid breakdown, and speciation.

Molecular characterization of the bacterial communities present in sheep's milk and cheese produced in South Brazilian Region via 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding sequencing

LWT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 111579
Author(s):  
Creciana M. Endres ◽  
Ícaro Maia S. Castro ◽  
Laura D. Trevisol ◽  
Juliana M. Severo ◽  
Michele B. Mann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Molecular Characterization ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Rrna Gene

scholarly journals New Insights on the Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) Bacteriome

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 659
Author(s):  
Elias Asimakis ◽  
Panagiota Stathopoulou ◽  
Apostolis Sapounas ◽  
Kanjana Khaeso ◽  
Costas Batargias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
High Throughput Sequencing ◽  
Mutual Exclusion ◽  
Bacterial Composition ◽  
Operational Taxonomic Units ◽  
Host Diet ◽  
Dominant Bacteria ◽  
High Degree

Various factors, including the insect host, diet, and surrounding ecosystem can shape the structure of the bacterial communities of insects. We have employed next generation, high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA to characterize the bacteriome of wild Zeugodacus (Bactrocera) cucurbitae (Coquillett) flies from three regions of Bangladesh. The tested populations developed distinct bacterial communities with differences in bacterial composition, suggesting that geography has an impact on the fly bacteriome. The dominant bacteria belonged to the families Enterobacteriaceae, Dysgomonadaceae and Orbaceae, with the genera Dysgonomonas, Orbus and Citrobacter showing the highest relative abundance across populations. Network analysis indicated variable interactions between operational taxonomic units (OTUs), with cases of mutual exclusion and copresence. Certain bacterial genera with high relative abundance were also characterized by a high degree of interactions. Interestingly, genera with a low relative abundance like Shimwellia, Gilliamella, and Chishuiella were among those that showed abundant interactions, suggesting that they are also important components of the bacterial community. Such knowledge could help us identify ideal wild populations for domestication in the context of the sterile insect technique or similar biotechnological methods. Further characterization of this bacterial diversity with transcriptomic and metabolic approaches, could also reveal their specific role in Z. cucurbitae physiology.

The first sequenced Sphaerotilus natans bacteriophage– characterization and potential to control its filamentous bacterium host

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rute Ferreira ◽  
Rui Amado ◽  
Jorge Padrão ◽  
Vânia Ferreira ◽  
Nicolina M Dias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Lytic Phage ◽  
Filamentous Bacterium ◽  
Sphaerotilus Natans ◽  
Isolation And Characterization

ABSTRACT Bacteriophages (phages) are ubiquitous entities present in every conceivable habitat as a result of their bacterial parasitism. Their prevalence and impact in the ecology of bacterial communities and their ability to control pathogens make their characterization essential, particularly of new phages, improving knowledge and potential application. The isolation and characterization of a new lytic phage against Sphaerotilus natans strain DSM 6575, named vB_SnaP-R1 (SnaR1), is here described. Besides being the first sequenced genome of a Sphaerotilus natans infecting phage, 99% of its 41507 bp genome lacks homology with any other sequenced phage, revealing its uniqueness and previous lack of knowledge. Moreover, SnaR1 is the first Podoviridae phage described infecting this bacterium. Sphaerotilus natans is an important filamentous bacterium due to its deleterious effect on wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) and thus, phages may play a role as novel biotechnological tools against filamentous overgrowth in WWTP. The lytic spectrum of SnaR1 was restricted to its host strain, infecting only one out of three S. natans strains and infection assays revealed its ability to reduce bacterial loads. Results suggest SnaR1 as the prototype of a new phage genus and demonstrates its potential as a non-chemical alternative to reduce S. natans DSM 6575 cells.

scholarly journals Molecular characterization of some selected persimmon genotypes and cultivars by srap and ssr markers

Genetika ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 693-704
Author(s):  
Hasan Pinar ◽  
Ercan Yildiz ◽  
Mustafa Kaplankiran ◽  
Celil Toplu ◽  
Mustafa Unlu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ssr Markers ◽  
Clonal Propagation ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
The Other ◽  
Diospyros Kaki ◽  
Ssr Primers ◽  
Similarity Ratio ◽  
Polymorphic Bands ◽  
Dna Primers

In this study, SRAP and SSR markers were employed to determine genetic relationships among 42 persimmon genotypes (Diospyros kaki Thunb) obtained from Hatay province and 3 persimmon cultivars, 2 of which belong to Diospyros kaki Thunb and one belongs to Diospyros oleifera Cheng. Genetic relationships were determined by using a total of 29 molecular DNA primers (SRAP and SSR). Of these primers, 21 SRAP primer combinations produced a total of 107 bands and 77.6% of them were polymorphic; 8 SSR primers produced 26 polymorphic bands with an average polymorphism ratio of 84.6%. The SRAP and SSR markers produced 4.6 bands as average and the number of bands produced per marker was calculated as 3.6. The lowest similarity was observed between MK-113 (Diospyros oleifera Cheng) and the other genotypes all belongs to Diospyros kaki Thunb (with similarity ratios of 0.41-0.69 for SRAP primers, between 0.25-0.67 for SSR primers). The genotypes/cultivars belongs to Diospyros kaki had similarity ratio between 0.98-1.00 according to SRAP and SSR markers. This synonym or similarity could be results of clonal propagation rather than autogamy.

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