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• Autores: Carrie Arnold
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 306, Nº. 3, 2012, págs. 15-15
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article reports on research published in "Applied and Environmental Microbiology" by geneticist Seth Bordenstein and team on the effects of treating the intestinal microbiome of termites with the antibiotic rifampicin on the nutrition, longevity, and fertility of the host insects. The results support the hologenome theory that an organism's symbiotic bacteria help shape its evolution and that natural selection affects the organism along with its microbiome.