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Competing forces maintain the Hydra metaorganism

Immunological Reviews, 2017
SummaryOur conventional view of multicellular organisms often overlooks the fact that they are metaorganisms. They consist of a host, which is comprised of both a community of self‐replicating cells that can compete as well as cooperate and a community of associated microorganisms.
Peter Deines, Tim Lachnit, Thomas C. G. Bosch   +2 more
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Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework combining reductionist and integrative approaches

Zoology, 2019
Current research highlights the importance of associated microbes in contributing to the functioning, health, and even adaptation of their animal, plant, and fungal hosts. As such, we are witnessing a shift in research that moves away from focusing on the eukaryotic host sensu stricto to research into the complex conglomerate of the host and its ...
Cornelia Jaspers, Sebastian Fraune, A. Elizabeth Arnold, David J. Miller, Thomas C. G. Bosch, Christian R. Voolstra   +5 more
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Salinity-Conveyed Thermotolerance in the Coral Model Aiptasia Is Accompanied by Distinct Changes of the Bacterial Microbiome

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Coral bleaching, i.e., the loss of photosynthetic algal endosymbionts, caused by ocean warming is now among the main factors driving global reef decline, making the elucidation of factors that contribute to thermotolerance important.
Janna L. Randle, Anny Cárdenas, Anny Cárdenas, Hagen M. Gegner, Hagen M. Gegner, Maren Ziegler, Maren Ziegler, Christian R. Voolstra, Christian R. Voolstra   +8 more
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Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

Zoology, 2018
From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence the fitness of their plant and animal hosts, ultimately forming a metaorganism consisting of a uni- or multicellular host and a community of associated microorganisms.
Corinna Bang, Tal Dagan, Peter Deines, Nicole Dubilier, W. J. Duschl, Sebastian Fraune, Ute Hentschel, Heribert Hirt, Nils F. Hülter, Tim Lachnit, Devani Romero Picazo, Lucía Pita, Claudia Pogoreutz, Nils Rädecker, Maged M. Saad, Ruth A. Schmitz, Hinrich Schulenburg, Christian R. Voolstra, Nancy Weiland‐Bräuer, Maren Ziegler, Thomas C. G. Bosch   +20 more
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Functions of the Microbiota for the Physiology of Animal Metaorganisms

Journal of Innate Immunity, 2018
Animals are usually regarded as independent entities within their respective environments. However, within an organism, eukaryotes and prokaryotes interact dynamically to form the so-called metaorganism or holobiont, where each partner fulfils its versatile and crucial role.
Daniela Esser, Janina Lange, Γεώργιος Μαρίνος, Michael Sieber, Lena Best, Daniela Prasse, Jay Bathia, Malte Rühlemann, Kathrin Boersch, Cornelia Jaspers, Felix Sommer   +10 more
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Gut microbiota as a candidate for lifespan extension: an ecological/evolutionary perspective targeted on living organisms as metaorganisms

Biogerontology, 2011
An emerging central concept in evolutionary biology suggests that symbiosis is a universal characteristic of living organisms that can help in understanding complex traits and phenotypes. During evolution, an integrative circuitry fundamental for survival has been established between commensal gut microbiota and host.
Enzo Ottaviani, Natascia Ventura, Mauro Mandrioli, Marco Candela, Antonella Franchini, Claudio Franceschi   +5 more
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Selection of aquatic microbiota exposed to the herbicides flufenacet and metazachlor

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 12, Page 2972-2987, December 2023., 2023
In our study, selective effects of flufenacet and metazachlor on aquatic bacteria were detected by both in vitro cultural tests and 16S amplicon analyses of microbiomes. For both herbicides, effects occurred at concentrations of 50 μg L−1, while 5 μg L−1 was selective only in the case of flufenacet, but not for metazachlor.
Lishani Wijewardene, Julia Anna Schwenker, Meike Friedrichsen, Ailina Jensen, Franziska Löbel, Tabea Austen, Uta Ulrich, Nicola Fohrer, Corinna Bang, Silvio Waschina, Christina Susanne Hölzel   +10 more
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Coral-Associated Viral Assemblages From the Central Red Sea Align With Host Species and Contribute to Holobiont Genetic Diversity

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Coral reefs are highly diverse marine ecosystems increasingly threatened on a global scale. The foundation species of reef ecosystems are stony corals that depend on their symbiotic microalgae and bacteria for aspects of their metabolism, immunity, and ...
Anny Cárdenas, Jin Ye, Maren Ziegler, Jérôme P. Payet, Ryan McMinds, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Christian R. Voolstra, Christian R. Voolstra   +7 more
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A pluralistic view of holobionts in the context of process ontology

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Developing precise definitions and fine categories is an important part of the scientific endeavour, enabling fidelity of transfers of knowledge and the progress of science. Currently, as a result of research on symbiotic microorganisms, science has been
Adrian Stencel, Dominika Wloch-Salamon
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Population Differences and Host Species Predict Variation in the Diversity of Host-Associated Microbes in Hydra

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Most animals co-exist with diverse host-associated microbial organisms that often form complex communities varying between individuals, habitats, species and higher taxonomic levels.
Jan Taubenheim, Jan Taubenheim, Máté Miklós, Máté Miklós, Jácint Tökölyi, Sebastian Fraune   +5 more
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