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Open AccessMicrobiota mediated plasticity promotes thermal adaptation in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
At the current rate of climate change, it is unlikely that multicellular organisms will be able to adapt to changing environmental conditions through genetic recombination and natural selection alone. Thus, it...
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Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms Are Predictors of Microbiome Diversity in Distinct Host Groups
Biodiversity is generally believed to be a main determinant of ecosystem functioning. This principle also applies to the microbiome and could consequently contribute to host health. According to ecological the...
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Open AccessComparative analysis of amplicon and metagenomic sequencing methods reveals key features in the evolution of animal metaorganisms
The interplay between hosts and their associated microbiome is now recognized as a fundamental basis of the ecology, evolution, and development of both players. These interdependencies inspired a new view of m...
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Open AccessTemperature and insulin signaling regulate body size in Hydra by the Wnt and TGF-beta pathways
How multicellular organisms assess and control their size is a fundamental question in biology, yet the molecular and genetic mechanisms that control organ or organism size remain largely unsolved. The freshwa...
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Open AccessA secreted antibacterial neuropeptide shapes the microbiome of Hydra
Colonization of body epithelial surfaces with a highly specific microbial community is a fundamental feature of all animals, yet the underlying mechanisms by which these communities are selected and maintained...
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Where Simplicity Meets Complexity: Hydra, a Model for Host–Microbe Interactions
For a long time, the main purpose of microbiology and immunology was to study pathogenic bacteria and infectious disease; the potential benefit of commensal bacteria remained unrecognised. Discovering that ind...
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Das Prinzip Metaorganismus
Alle vielzelligen Organismen sind dauerhaft mit Mikroben assoziiert und daher Metaorganismen. Einfache Modellsysteme wie Hydra erlauben es, die evolutionäre Dynamik innerhalb eines solchen Metaorganismus zu an...
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Hydra Go Bacterial
This chapter provides an overview of how the basal metazoan Hydra serves as model for untangling and dissecting the fundamental principles underlying complex host–microbe interactions.
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Open AccessThe dynamic genome of Hydra
Hydra, first described by Anton van Leeuwenhoek in a letter to the Royal Society in 1702, has been studied by biologists for centuries and now is an important model for work on axial patterning, stem cell biology...
