EcologybioRxiv
Herptile gut microbiomes: a natural system to study multi-kingdom interactions between filamentous fungi and bacteria
L. B. Vargas-Gastelum, A. S. Romer, N. R. Alexander…·D. Walker
This paper investigates the gut microbiomes of herptiles, showing that Basidiobolus fungi are common and interact with bacteria, potentially shaping bacterial communities through horizontal gene transfer.
DOI 10.1128/msphere.00475-23