Inter-kingdom signalling in animal health and disease

这个项目旨在了解动物如何控制它们的细菌伙伴。动物是在细菌主导的世界中进化的，密切相关的微生物影响着从珊瑚到人类的所有动物的发育、健康和疾病。到目前为止，几乎完全是从细菌如何影响动物的角度来研究动物与微生物的相互作用。研究人员发现，珊瑚Acropora可以控制与其相关的细菌。了解一种简单的动物是如何操纵其微生物伙伴的，应该会对珊瑚疾病和韧性以及整个动物界的健康和疾病产生影响。

This project aims to understand how animals can control their bacterial associates. Animals evolved in a world dominated by bacteria, and intimately associated microbes affect the development, health and disease of all animals – from corals to man. To date, animal-microbe interactions have been studied nearly exclusively in terms of how bacteria affect animals. the researchers have discovered that the coral Acropora can control its associated bacteria. Understanding how a simple animal manipulates its microbial associates should have implications for coral disease and resilience and for health and disease across the animal kingdom.