Host genotype impact on microbiota composition under different thermal conditions

Nematostella vectensis, an estuarine cnidarian, harbors specific microbiotas that change in response to different environmental conditions. In this study we investigated how the microbiota composition changes within the same metazoan species, between six different geographic locations along a North-South gradient, and between three different sampling seasons. We monitored also the different impacts that the culturing under lab conditions and under three different temperatures have on the microbiotas of polyps originated from different wild populations.