Microbiome: Insulin signaling shapes gut community composition

In a C. elegans model of host-microbiome interactions, interrogation of a genetically diverse panel of host strains with a defined, complex bacterial community reveals an important role for a conserved insulin-like signaling pathway in shaping the phylogenetic composition of the gut microbiome.

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The study in C. elegans model showed that a conserved insulin-like signaling pathway plays an important role in shaping the phylogenetic composition of the gut microbiome.