Community structure of the gut microbiota in sympatric species of wild Drosophila

Ecology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 629-639

  Martinson, Vincent G ^a   Douglas, Angela E ^b   Jaenike, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; gut microbiota; neutral community assembly; Orbales; phylosymbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; OTUS;

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW YORK; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; NEW YORK; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMPATRY;

EID: 85016618707     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12761     Document Type: Letter

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