The microbiome of the marine flatworm Macrostomum lignano provides fitness advantages and exhibits circadian rhythmicity

Affiliations

Yuanyuan Ma: Kiel University, Zoological Institute, Molecular Physiology
Jinru He: Kiel University, Zoological Institute, Cell and Developmental Biology
Michael Sieber: Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Dept. Evolutionary Theory
Jakob von Frieling: Kiel University, Zoological Institute, Molecular Physiology
Iris Bruchhaus: Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
John F. Baines: Kiel University, Medical Faculty, Institute for Experimental Medicine
Ulf Bickmeyer: Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Biosciences, Ecological Chemistry
Thomas Roeder: Kiel University, Zoological Institute, Molecular Physiology

Abstract

A circadian rhythm and the capacity to manage fitness during limited food availability is identified in the microbiome of the marine flatworm.