Publications by authors named "Maria S Costantini"
The animal gut microbiome can have a strong influence on the health, fitness, and behavior of its hosts. The composition of the gut microbial community can be influenced by factors such as diet, environment, and evolutionary history (phylosymbiosis). However, the relative influence of these factors is unknown in most bird species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The gut microbiome of animals is an important component that has strong influence on the health, fitness, and behavior of its host. Most research in the microbiome field has focused on human populations and commercially important species. However, researchers are now considering the link between endangered species conservation and the microbiome.
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- Plant microbiomes are influenced by environmental factors and host characteristics, which work at different spatial levels and often interact in complex ways.
- A study on Hibiscus tiliaceus trees in Hawaii showed that the type of microhabitat largely determined bacterial community composition, while the location influenced fungal community composition more significantly.
- Fungal communities exhibited greater dissimilarity along environmental gradients compared to bacterial communities, with specific differences in patterns observed across various plant parts, indicating a nested relationship between aboveground and belowground microbial diversity.