Lurgi, head of the Computational Ecology Laboratory at Swansea University, and Araujo, from the School of Biological Sciences, collaborated with experts from the French Council for Scientific Research, the University of New South Wales and the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Research. Their work provides a theoretical framework that integrates ecological and evolutionary theories to explain the assembly of complex microbiomes.
The study highlights that the formation of the microbiome is the result of both environmental interactions and evolutionary processes. This dual approach provides a holistic view of how symbiotic relationships essential for the survival of both hosts and microbes emerge and are maintained.
The researchers are applying this approach to marine sponges and plan to extend their findings to other microbiomes, aiming for a unified understanding of symbiotic relationships between different species and taxa.
Source: Ferra
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