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August 24, 2025Open Access

Species-specific bacterial associations emerge from stochastically assembled microbiomes in Northeastern American fireflies

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BBBenoît BéchadeSLSarah Sander LowerSNScott Nichols

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Investigation of microbiome assembly in fireflies indicates stochastic events shape associations, suggesting ecological significance.

Key Points

  • Microbiome assembly in fireflies is driven by stochastic ecological processes, revealing complex bacterial associations.
  • Most bacteria exhibited elevated normalized stochasticity ratio (NST) values, indicating high variability in their presence.
  • Assessment involved 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing from 12 firefly species across Northeastern U.S., shedding light on host-specific factors.
  • These findings highlight the coexistence of stochastic and deterministic processes in structuring firefly-microbe relationships.

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Béchade et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af5bbcad7bf08b1eadfa82https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.19.670969
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