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NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 284-294Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-019-0182-9
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- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative [GBMF3801, GBMF3783]
- Australian Research Council [DE160100636, DP180100838]
- Simons Foundation [542395]
- Australian Research Council [DE160100636] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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Many symbiotic relationships rely on the acquisition of microbial partners from the environment. However, the mechanisms by which microbial symbionts find and colonize their hosts are often unknown. We propose that the acquisition of environmental symbionts often necessitates active migration and colonization by the symbionts through motility and chemotaxis. The pivotal role of these behaviours in the onset and maintenance of symbiotic interactions is well established in a small number of model systems but remains largely overlooked for the many symbioses that involve the recruitment of microbial partners from the environment. In this Review, we highlight when, where and how chemotaxis and motility can enable symbiont recruitment and propose that these symbiont behaviours are important across a wide range of hosts and environments.
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