Can a microbial community become an evolutionary individual?
Current Opinion in Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
84, P. 102596 - 102596
Published: Feb. 20, 2025
Microbial
communities
provide
crucial
services
for
human
well-being,
driving
an
interest
in
designing
and
controlling
them
towards
optimised
or
novel
functions.
Unfortunately,
promising
strategies
such
as
community
breeding
-
sometimes
referred
to
'directed
evolution'
'artificial
selection'
have
shown
limited
success.
A
key
issue
is
that
microbial
do
not
reliably
exhibit
heritable
variation,
limiting
their
capacity
adaptive
evolution.
In
other
words,
are
evolutionary
individuals.
Here,
we
overview
of
the
literature
on
transitions
individuality
and,
with
insights
from
paradigmatic
organisms,
build
a
multidimensional
space
which
multispecies
characterised
by
three
ecological
traits:
positive
interactions,
functional
integration,
entrenchment.
We
then
place
within
this
space,
explore
how
they
can
be
directed
toward
increased
individuality,
discuss
perspective
help
improve
our
approach
breeding.
Language: Английский
Geographical, Seasonal, and Growth-Related Dynamics of Gut Microbiota in a Grapevine Pest, Apolygus spinolae (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Microbial Ecology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
87(1)
Published: Sept. 9, 2024
A
number
of
insects
are
associated
with
gut
symbiotic
microorganisms,
wherein
partners
play
pivotal
metabolic
roles
for
each
other
such
as
nutrient
supplementation,
diet
degradation,
and
pesticide
detoxification.
Despite
the
ecological
evolutionary
importance
microbial
communities
in
insects,
their
diversity
dynamics
remain
unclear
many
species.
The
green
plant
bug
Apolygus
spinolae,
a
notorious
grapevine
pest
Japan,
damages
grape
shoots
severely
reduces
berry
yield
quality.
possesses
simple
tubular
housing
~
10
Language: Английский
Viral community and antibiotic resistance genes carried by virus in soil microbial fuel cells
Xiaodong Zhao,
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Qingqing Qiao,
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Xiaorui Qin
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et al.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
955, P. 177260 - 177260
Published: Nov. 2, 2024
Language: Английский
Warming induces short-term phenological shifts in pollinator-plant interactions that enhance larval development in honey bee
M. Chang,
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Pei-Shou Hsu,
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En‐Cheng Yang
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et al.
PLoS ONE,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
19(12), P. e0314791 - e0314791
Published: Dec. 3, 2024
Climate
warming
can
precipitate
mismatches
in
plant-pollinator
interactions
by
altering
their
phenologies
of
both
parties,
impacting
ecosystem
services.
While
most
studies
have
focused
on
long-term,
seasonal
phenological
shifts,
the
effect
short-term
match-mismatch
these
remains
unclear.
Here,
we
investigate
how
experimental
affects
within-day
foraging
behavior
honey
bee
(
Apis
mellifera
)
and
plant
anthesis,
whether
resulting
changes
pollen
composition,
terms
relative
abundance
from
different
species,
influences
larval
development.
Experimental
advanced
bees
anthesis
Bidens
pilosa
—the
predominant
source
among
all
species
represented
collected
pollen.
Through
manipulation
demonstrated
that
an
increased
proportion
B
.
diet
enhanced
growth
efficiency.
Overall,
our
study
demonstrates
may
influence
pollinator
with
many
affecting
behaviors
temporal
scales,
potential
implications
for
Language: Английский