What lurks in the dark? An innovative framework for studying diverse wild insect microbiota
This study highlights facultative endosymbionts as key players in insect microbiota and reveals striking variations in distributional patterns of microbial clades. It also demonstrates the power of integrative sequencing approaches in uncovering the ecological complexity and significance of symbiotic microorganisms in multi-species natural communities. Video Abstract.
Authors
- Otso Ovaskainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9750-4421)
- Michał Kolasa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2143-429X)
- Tomas V. Roslin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2957-4791)
- Emily Hartop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8598-9844)
- Mateusz Buczek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6144-6941)
- Monika Prus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-2556)
- Piotr Łukasik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4164-6487)
- Karol H. Nowak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3089-0917)
Institutions
- Jagiellonian University (PL)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
- National Research Institute of Animal Production (PL)
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiome
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02169-9
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.34
Funders
- Academy of Finland
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki
- Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
- Horizon 2020
- Artdatabanken, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet