Scientific Reports
Long-lived house crickets had distinct gut microbe communities
A laboratory comparison linked more than 20 years of selection for delayed reproduction and longer life to differences in house crickets’ gut microbes.A laboratory comparison linked more than 20 years of selection for delayed reproduction and longer life to differences in house crickets’ gut microbes.
Fly studyGut and microbiome
Who was studiedHouse crickets, against wild-type house crickets
What changedLong-lived house crickets had different gut microbe communities than wild-type crickets, with more Gammaproteobacteria and lactic acid bacteria
The catchLonger lifespan could change gut microbes rather than result from them