The evolution of ecological facilitation within mixed-species biofilms in the 
mouse gastrointestinal tract

Lin, Xiaoxi B.; Wang, Tuo; Stothard, Paul; Corander, Jukka; Wang, Jun; Baines, John F.; Knowles, Sarah C. L.; Baltrūnaitė, Laima; Tasseva, Guergana; Schmaltz, Robert; Tollenaar, Stephanie; Cody, Liz A.; Grenier, Theodore; Wu, Wei; Ramer-Tait, Amanda E.; Walter, Jens

doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0211-0

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The evolution of ecological facilitation within mixed-species biofilms in the mouse gastrointestinal tract

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Lin, Xiaoxi B.
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Wang, Tuo
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Stothard, Paul
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Corander, Jukka
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Wang, Jun
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Baines, John F.
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Knowles, Sarah C. L.
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Baltrūnaitė, Laima
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Tasseva, Guergana
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Schmaltz, Robert
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Tollenaar, Stephanie
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Cody, Liz A.
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Grenier, Theodore
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Wu, Wei
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Ramer-Tait, Amanda E.
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

Walter, Jens
Guest Group Evolutionary Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Lin, X. B., Wang, T., Stothard, P., Corander, J., Wang, J., Baines, J. F., et al. (2018). The evolution of ecological facilitation within mixed-species biofilms in the mouse gastrointestinal tract. The ISME Journal, 12(11), 2770-2784. doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0211-0.

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Abstract

The eco-evolutionary interactions among members of the vertebrate gut microbiota that ultimately result in host-specific communities are poorly understood. Here we show that Lactobacillus reuteri coexists with species that belong to the Lactobacillus johnsonii cluster (L. johnsonii, L. gasseri, and L taiwanensis) in a taxonomically wide range of rodents, suggesting cohabitation over evolutionary times. The two dominant Lactobacillus species found in wild mice establish a commensalistic relationship in gastric biofilms when introduced together into germ-free mice in which L. reuteri facilitates colonization of L. taiwanensis. Genomic analysis revealed allopatric diversification in strains of both species that originated from geographically separated locations (Scotland and France). Allopatry of the strains resulted in reduced formation of mixed biofilms in vitro, indicating that interspecies interactions in gastric Lactobacillus-biofilms are the result of an adaptive evolutionary process that occurred in a biogeographical context. In summary, these findings suggest that members within the vertebrate gut microbiota can evolve inter-dependencies through ecological facilitation, which could represent one mechanism by which host-specific bacterial communities assemble across vertebrate species and an explanation for their spatial and biogeographic patterns.