Termite gut microbiota 16S amplicon sequencing Raw sequence reads. Termite gut microbiota 16S amplicon sequencing

We used 16S rRNA metagenome data of 94 termite species to show that termite gut microbiota is shaped through ‘mixed-mode’ transmission, combining colony-to-offspring vertical transmission with occasional horizontal colony-to-colony transfer on timescales of tens of million years.

本研究利用94种白蚁的16S核糖体RNA（16S rRNA）宏基因组数据，证实白蚁肠道微生物群通过“混合模式”实现传播塑造：结合了亲代群体向子代的垂直传播与数千万年时间尺度下偶尔发生的群体间水平转移。