Editorial: C. elegans host-microbiome interactions: From medical to ecological and evolutionary model

Authors

Michael A. Herman, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Javier E. Irazoqui, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Buck S. Samuel, Baylor College of Medicine
Nic Vega, Emory University

Date of this Version

9-26-2022

Citation

Herman MA, Irazoqui JE, Samuel BS and Vega N (2022) Editorial: C. elegans host-microbiome interactions: From medical to ecological and evolutionary model. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 12:1035545. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1035545

Comments

Open access.

Abstract

Microbiomes often form specific functional associations with their hosts. Correlations between microbiome membership and states of host health and disease abound in many systems. However, there are few systems that allow for in depth functional studies that include precise manipulation and interrogation of both microbiome composition and host function. Recently the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans - an excellent genetic model organism for studying many fields of biology, including neurobiology and behavior, development, cell biology, and innate immunity - has proven to be a robust system to probe microbiome interactions and their effect on host physiology.