FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96, 2019, fiz182 doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz182 Advance Access Publication Date: 15 November 2019 Research Article Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article-abstract/96/1/fiz182/5626339 by University of Connecticut user on 02 January 2020 RESEARCH ARTICLE No evidence for phylosymbiosis in western chipmunk species Kirsten Grond1,§,KayceC.Bell2,†,JohnR.Demboski3,$, Malia Santos4,Jack M. Sullivan4,¶ and Sarah M. Hird1,5,*,‡ 1Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, 91 N Eagleville Rd, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA, 2Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC, 20560, USA, 3Zoology Department, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO, 80205, USA, 4Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Life Sciences South 252, Moscow, ID, 83844, USA and 5Institute of Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, 67 N Eagleville Rd, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA ∗Corresponding author: University of Connecticut, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, 91 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3125 Storrs, CT 06269-3125, USA. Tel: +860 486-6299; E-mail:
[email protected] †Present address: Mammalogy Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA One sentence summary: Gut microbiomes of western chipmunks species did not show the same pattern as would be expected based on their species phylogeny Editor: Cindy Nakatsu ‡Sarah M Hird, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1998-9387 §Kirsten Grond, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6197-7139 ¶Jack M Sullivan, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0216-6867 $John R. Demboski, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5163-4113 ABSTRACT Phylosymbiosis refers to a congruent pattern between the similarity of microbiomes of different species and the branching pattern of the host phylogeny.