Species-Specific Viromes in the Ancestral Holobiont Hydra

Recent evidence showing host specificity of colonizing bacteria supports the view that multicellular organisms are holobionts comprised of the macroscopic host in synergistic interdependence with a heterogeneous and host-specific microbial community. Whereas host-bacteria interactions have been exte...

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Main Authors: Grasis, Juris A., Lachnit, Tim, Anton-Erxleben, Friederike, Lim, Yan Wei, Schmieder, Robert, Fraune, Sebastian, Franzenburg, Sören, Insua, Santiago, Machado, GloriaMay, Haynes, Matthew, Little, Mark, Kimble, Robert, Rosenstiel, Philip, Rohwer, Forest L., Bosch, Thomas C. G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208763/