Journal
ZOOLOGY
Volume 125, Issue -, Pages 29-31Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2017.07.007
Keywords
Symbiosis; Nutrition; Water flea; Algae; Fitness
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- European Research Council [268596-MicrobiotaEvolution]
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The outcomes of host symbiont interactions may differ according to environmental context, and symbioses may enable host adaptation to diverse environments. We find that the effects of two different experimental diets, algae and yeast, on the water flea Daphnia magna depend on whether the animals possess microbiota, suggesting that the presence of microbiota determines which diet is superior. Our study hints at both diet-dependent and diet-independent effects of microbiota on Daphnia fitness.
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