Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?
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Bang, CorinnaDagan, Tal
Deines, Peter
Dubilier, Nicole
Duschl, Wolfgang J.
Fraune, Sebastian
Hentschel, Ute

Hirt, Heribert

Hülter, Nils
Lachnit, Tim
Picazo, Devani
Pita, Lucia
Pogoreutz, Claudia
Radecker, Nils
Saad, Maged

Schmitz, Ruth A.
Schulenburg, Hinrich
Voolstra, Christian R.

Weiland-Bräuer, Nancy
Ziegler, Maren

Bosch, Thomas C.G.
KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) DivisionCenter for Desert Agriculture
Hirt Lab
Marine Science Program
Plant Science
Plant Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Reef Genomics Lab
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2018-02-15Online Publication Date
2018-02-15Print Publication Date
2018-04Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/627175
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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. Research on host–microbe interactions has become an emerging cross-disciplinary field. In both vertebrates and invertebrates a complex microbiome confers immunological, metabolic and behavioural benefits; conversely, its disturbance can contribute to the development of disease states. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling the interactions within a metaorganism are poorly understood and many key interactions between the associated organisms remain unknown. In this perspective article, we outline some of the issues in interspecies interactions and in particular address the question of how metaorganisms react and adapt to inputs from extreme environments such as deserts, the intertidal zone, oligothrophic seas, and hydrothermal vents.Citation
Bang C, Dagan T, Deines P, Dubilier N, Duschl WJ, et al. (2018) Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation? Zoology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004.Sponsors
The idea of compiling this perspective paper came up during a workshop held at the Collaborative Research Center “Origin and Function of Metaorganisms” at Kiel University. We thank the Collaborative Research Center (DFG CRC 1182) for providing a venue and for supporting this interdisciplinary project.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
ZoologyAdditional Links
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944200618300199ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004