New approaches to understanding eco-evolutionary dynamics in metaorganisms
(C04*)
Subject Area
Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
Evolution, Anthropology
Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
Virology
Term
since 2020
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 261376515
The project C4 (Rainey, Hentschel-Humeida) aims to explore the role of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) as regulators of host-associated microbial community composition and function. The project will expand on the established Metaorganism Evolution Experiment approach by providing highly resolved insights into the dynamics of evolutionary change under regimes that either promote or hinder MGEs in two host-microbe pairs: the worm C. elegans & Ochrobactrum and the sponge H. panicea & Vibrio.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
