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Why do hosts malfunction without microbes? Missing benefits versus evolutionary addiction by Hammer, Tobin J.

“…A large and increasing body of evidence has demonstrated that hosts often need microbial symbionts to perform essential functions.Deficiencies of microbe-free…”
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Not all animals need a microbiome by Hammer, Tobin J, Sanders, Jon G, Fierer, Noah

“…ABSTRACT It is often taken for granted that all animals host and depend upon a microbiome, yet this has only been shown for a small proportion of species. We…”
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Links between metamorphosis and symbiosis in holometabolous insects by Hammer, Tobin J, Moran, Nancy A

“…Many animals depend on microbial symbionts to provide nutrition, defence or other services. Holometabolous insects, as well as other animals that undergo…”
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Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Gut Microbial Communities by Moran, Nancy A, Ochman, Howard, Hammer, Tobin J

“…Animals are distinguished by having guts-organs that must extract nutrients from food yet also bar invasion by pathogens. Most guts are colonized by…”
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Gut microbes may facilitate insect herbivory of chemically defended plants by Hammer, Tobin J, Bowers, M. Deane

“…The majority of insect species consume plants, many of which produce chemical toxins that defend their tissues from attack. How then are herbivorous insects…”
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Caterpillars lack a resident gut microbiome by Hammer, Tobin J., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Jaffe, Samuel P., Fierer, Noah

“…Many animals are inhabited by microbial symbionts that influence their hosts’ development, physiology, ecological interactions, and evolutionary…”
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Metamorphosis of a butterfly-associated bacterial community by Hammer, Tobin J, McMillan, W Owen, Fierer, Noah

“…Butterflies are charismatic insects that have long been a focus of biological research. They are also habitats for microorganisms, yet these microbial…”
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Thermal niches of specialized gut symbionts: the case of social bees by Hammer, Tobin J, Le, Eli, Moran, Nancy A

“…Responses to climate change are particularly complicated in species that engage in symbioses, as the niche of one partner may be modified by that of the other…”
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Microbiome assembly and maintenance across the lifespan of bumble bee workers by Hammer, Tobin J., Easton‐Calabria, August, Moran, Nancy A.

“…How a host's microbiome changes over its lifespan can influence development and ageing. As these temporal patterns have only been described in detail for a…”
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Treating cattle with antibiotics affects greenhouse gas emissions, and microbiota in dung and dung beetles by Hammer, Tobin J., Fierer, Noah, Hardwick, Bess, Simojoki, Asko, Slade, Eleanor, Taponen, Juhani, Viljanen, Heidi, Roslin, Tomas

“…Antibiotics are routinely used to improve livestock health and growth. However, this practice may have unintended environmental impacts mediated by…”
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Diversity alone does not reliably indicate the healthiness of an animal microbiome by Williams, Claire E, Hammer, Tobin J, Williams, Candace L

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Heliconius Butterflies Host Characteristic and Phylogenetically Structured Adult-Stage Microbiomes by Hammer, Tobin J, Dickerson, Jacob C, McMillan, W Owen, Fierer, Noah

“…Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are diverse and ecologically important, yet we know little about how they interact with microbes as adults. Due to…”
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Extinction of anciently associated gut bacterial symbionts in a clade of stingless bees by Cerqueira, Alan Emanuel Silva, Hammer, Tobin J., Moran, Nancy A., Santana, Weyder Cristiano, Kasuya, Maria Catarina Megumi, da Silva, Cynthia Canêdo

“…Animal-microbe symbioses are often stable for millions of years. An example is the clade consisting of social corbiculate bees—honeybees, bumblebees, and…”
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Lambda Interferon Restructures the Nasal Microbiome and Increases Susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus Superinfection by Planet, Paul J, Parker, Dane, Cohen, Taylor S, Smith, Hannah, Leon, Justinne D, Ryan, Chanelle, Hammer, Tobin J, Fierer, Noah, Chen, Emily I, Prince, Alice S

“…Much of the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza virus respiratory infection is due to bacterial coinfection with pathogens that colonize the…”
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Evidence-based recommendations on storing and handling specimens for analyses of insect microbiota by Hammer, Tobin J, Dickerson, Jacob C, Fierer, Noah

“…Research on insect microbiota has greatly expanded over the past decade, along with a growing appreciation of the microbial contributions to insect ecology and…”
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The gut microbiota of bumblebees by Hammer, T. J., Le, E., Martin, A. N., Moran, N. A.

“…Bumblebees ( Bombus ) are charismatic and important pollinators. They are one of the best-studied insect groups, especially in terms of ecology, behavior, and…”
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Bee breweries: The unusually fermentative, lactobacilli-dominated brood cell microbiomes of cellophane bees by Hammer, Tobin J, Kueneman, Jordan, Argueta-Guzmán, Magda, McFrederick, Quinn S, Grant, Lady, Wcislo, William, Buchmann, Stephen, Danforth, Bryan N

“…Pathogens and parasites of solitary bees have been studied for decades, but the microbiome as a whole is poorly understood for most taxa. Comparative analyses…”
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Social spider webs harbour largely consistent bacterial communities across broad spatial scales by Keiser, Carl N, Hammer, Tobin J, Pruitt, Jonathan N

“…Social animals that live in domiciles constructed from biomaterials may facilitate microbial growth. Spider webs are one of the most conspicuous biomaterials…”
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Conserved, yet disruption-prone, gut microbiomes in neotropical bumblebees by Villabona, Nickole, Moran, Nancy, Hammer, Tobin, Reyes, Alejandro

“…Social bees are an important model for the ecology and evolution of gut microbiomes. These bees harbor ancient, specific, and beneficial gut microbiomes and…”
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Are bacterial symbionts associated with gall induction in insects? by Hammer, Tobin J., De Clerck-Floate, Rosemarie, Tooker, John F., Price, Peter W., Miller, Donald G., Connor, Edward F.

“…A diverse array of organisms induce plants to form galls. This phenomenon is one of the most striking instances of convergent evolution, yet the underlying…”
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