TY - JOUR AU - Woodhams, Douglas C. AU - Bletz, Molly C. AU - Becker, C. Guilherme AU - Bender, Hayden A. AU - Buitrago-Rosas, Daniel AU - Diebboll, Hannah AU - Huynh, Roger AU - Kearns, Patrick J. AU - Kueneman, Jordan AU - Kurosawa, Emmi AU - LaBumbard, Brandon C. AU - Lyons, Casandra AU - McNally, Kerry AU - Schliep, Klaus AU - Shankar, Nachiket AU - Tokash-Peters, Amanda G. AU - Vences, Miguel AU - Whetstone, Ross PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/03 TI - Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate JO - Genome Biology SP - 23 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Host-associated microbiomes, the microorganisms occurring inside and on host surfaces, influence evolutionary, immunological, and ecological processes. Interactions between host and microbiome affect metabolism and contribute to host adaptation to changing environments. Meta-analyses of host-associated bacterial communities have the potential to elucidate global-scale patterns of microbial community structure and function. It is possible that host surface-associated (external) microbiomes respond more strongly to variations in environmental factors, whereas internal microbiomes are more tightly linked to host factors. SN - 1474-760X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1908-8 DO - 10.1186/s13059-019-1908-8 ID - Woodhams2020 ER -