Environmental temperature is a strong driver of subspecies competition in the Drosophila microbiome
Gracia Alvira, J. B.; Migotti, S.; Tian, X.; Nolte, V.; Schlotterer, C.
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Most microbiome research focusses on the taxonomic composition at the species level to understand the impact of environmental factors, but intraspecific diversity has largely been ignored. To address this significant knowledge gap, we took advantage of the simple, culturable microbiome of Drosophila. First, we documented that natural populations of D. simulans harbor three diverged clades of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, a key nutritional symbiont. We studied the distinct ecological roles of these three clades by exposing flies with their native microbiome to two temperature regimes in the laboratory. Tracking the three clades within the complete Drosophila microbiome over a period of more than 10 years at two temperatures, we identified strikingly distinct dynamics in response to the selection regime. We confirmed the functional differentiation of the three clades using in vitro growth dynamics and in vivo mono-association assays. Our results highlight that environmental selection operates at the subspecies level. Therefore, we conclude that the functional diversification of the microbiome can only be understood when intra- and interspecific diversity is considered.
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