Potential drivers of plasticity and persistence in the animal gut microbiome

Itzhak Mizrahi

The Department of Life Sciences & the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Relationships between gut microbial ecosystems and their vertebrate hosts have been shown in recent years to play an essential role in the well-being and proper function of their hosts.

In my lecture, I will discuss some of our recent findings regarding such ecosystems stability, development, and interaction with the host.