We performed a reciprocal transplant of eelgrass and examined the microbial community on the surfaces of leaves and roots of plants. This allowed us to determine effects of environment vs. host on mic
1. Seasonal changes in the environment, such as varying temperature, have the potential to change the functional relationship between ectothermic animals, such as insects, and their microbiomes. Our o
The complexity of the animal digestive tract, unculturable microbes and the lack of genetic tools for most culturable microbes make it challenging to explore the nature of theses microbial interaction
