期刊
METABOLITES
卷 12, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/metabo12111084
关键词
nematode; bacteria; fungi; metabolites; sensory
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2021R1A2C101178312, 2019R1C1C1008708]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2019R1C1C1008708] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
This article discusses the interaction between genes and ecology, with a focus on the behaviors and microbial interactions of the Caenorhabditis elegans in its natural habitat.
Our knowledge of animal and behavior in the natural ecology is based on over a century's worth of valuable field studies. In this post-genome era, however, we recognize that genes are the underpinning of ecological interactions between two organisms. Understanding how genes contribute to animal ecology, which is essentially the intersection of two genomes, is a tremendous challenge. The bacterivorous nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, one of the most well-known genetic animal model experimental systems, experiences a complex microbial world in its natural habitat, providing us with a window into the interplay of genes and molecules that result in an animal- microbial ecology. In this review, we will discuss C. elegans natural ecology, how the worm uses its sensory system to detect the microbes and metabolites that it encounters, and then discuss some of the fascinating ecological dances, including behaviors, that have evolved between the nematode and the microbes in its environment.
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