Why does the microbiome affect behaviour?
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Growing evidence indicates that the mammalian microbiome can affect behaviour, and several symbionts even produce neurotransmitters. One common explanation for these observations is that symbionts have evolved to manipulate host behaviour for their benefit. Here, we evaluate the manipulation hypothesis by applying evolutionary theory to recent work on the gut-brain axis. Although the theory predicts manipulation by symbionts under certain conditions, these appear rarely satisfied by the genetically diverse communities of the mammalian microbiome. Specifically, any symbiont investing its resources to manipulate host behaviour is expected to be outcompeted within the microbiome by strains that do not manipulate and redirect their resources into growth and survival. Moreover, current data provide no clear evidence for manipulation. Instead, we show how behavioural effects can readily arise as a by-product of natural selection on microorganisms to grow within the host and natural selection on hosts to depend upon their symbionts. We argue that understanding why the microbiome influences behaviour requires a focus on microbial ecology and local effects within the host.
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Different microbes of the gut microbiota secrete different neurotransmitters: Bacillus species secrete mainly acetylcholine, dopamine, and norepinephrine, while Escherichia secrete serotonin.
“Johnson and Foster (60) found that the different microbes of the gut microbiota secrete different neurotransmitters: e.g., Bacillus species secrete mainly acetylcholine, dopamine, and norepinephrine, while Escherichia secrete serotonin.”
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It has been proposed that gut bacteria can influence neurobehavior including host appetite for food.
“It has been proposed that gut bacteria can influence neurobehavior including host appetite for food (135, 137, 182), so it is not implausible to predict associations between microbiota and all substances passing through the gut.”
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- Authors
- Johnson, K. V.-A., & Foster, K. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Johnson, Katerina V.-A.
- Foster, Kevin R.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Microbiology
- Published
- 2018-04-24
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 647-655
- ISSN
- 1740-1526 (ISSN-L)
- 1740-1534
- OpenAlex
- W2801800085
- Cited by
- 333
- References
- 136
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 56 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 7
- FWCI
- 3.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nature Reviews Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (1467154)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, host behavior, gut-brain axis, microbial evolution, host-microbe coevolution, microbial competition, host dependence, neurotransmitters, microbial ecology, natural selection
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Communicable Diseases, Biological Evolution, Humans, Mammals, Selection, Genetic, Microbiota
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