Co-habiting ants and silverfish display a converging feeding ecology.
Weissella
Diet
Formicidae
Granivory
Microbiome
Myrmecophile
Stable isotopes
Symbiosis
Zygentoma
Journal
BMC biology
ISSN: 1741-7007
Titre abrégé: BMC Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101190720
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 May 2024
29 May 2024
Historique:
received:
03
12
2023
accepted:
10
05
2024
medline:
29
5
2024
pubmed:
29
5
2024
entrez:
28
5
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Various animal taxa have specialized to living with social hosts. Depending on their level of specialization, these symbiotic animals are characterized by distinct behavioural, chemical, and morphological traits that enable close heterospecific interactions. Despite its functional importance, our understanding of the feeding ecology of animals living with social hosts remains limited. We examined how host specialization of silverfish co-habiting with ants affects several components of their feeding ecology. We combined stable isotope profiling, feeding assays, phylogenetic reconstruction, and microbial community characterization of the Neoasterolepisma silverfish genus and a wider nicoletiid and lepismatid silverfish panel where divergent myrmecophilous lifestyles are observed. Stable isotope profiling (δ Together, we show that social hosts are important determinants for the feeding ecology of symbiotic animals and can induce diet convergence.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Various animal taxa have specialized to living with social hosts. Depending on their level of specialization, these symbiotic animals are characterized by distinct behavioural, chemical, and morphological traits that enable close heterospecific interactions. Despite its functional importance, our understanding of the feeding ecology of animals living with social hosts remains limited. We examined how host specialization of silverfish co-habiting with ants affects several components of their feeding ecology. We combined stable isotope profiling, feeding assays, phylogenetic reconstruction, and microbial community characterization of the Neoasterolepisma silverfish genus and a wider nicoletiid and lepismatid silverfish panel where divergent myrmecophilous lifestyles are observed.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Stable isotope profiling (δ
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Together, we show that social hosts are important determinants for the feeding ecology of symbiotic animals and can induce diet convergence.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38807209
doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-01914-0
pii: 10.1186/s12915-024-01914-0
doi:
Substances chimiques
Nitrogen Isotopes
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Carbon Isotopes
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Organisme : Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
ID : 1203020N
Organisme : Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent
ID : 01P03420
Organisme : NAWA
ID : PPN/PPO/2018/1/00015
Organisme : NCN
ID : 2018/31/B/NZ8/01158
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