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Dispersal limitation promotes the diversification of the mammalian gut microbiota
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Significance: Mammals harbor communities of gut bacteria that regulate host health, requiring an understanding of the processes that govern the evolution of gut microbiotas. We investigated the diversification of mammalian gut microbiotas by surveying the gut microbiotas of 136 pairs of wild mammalian species living throughout the Americas. These comparisons indicated that physical distance produces barriers to bacterial dispersal that appear to accelerate compositional divergence between the gut microbiotas of mammalian species over evolutionary time. In contrast, contact between host species, such as that between predators and prey, leads to widespread bacterial transmission and the homogenization of microbiotas within mammalian communities. Our findings suggest that spatial limits on bacterial dispersal generate and maintain mammalian gut bacterial diversity across the western hemisphere.
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- Authors
- Moeller, A. H., Suzuki, T. A., Lin, D., Lacey, E. A., Wasser, S. K., & Nachman, M. W.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2017-12-11
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 52
- Pages
- 13768-13773
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2771630511
- Cited by
- 174
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 4.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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