Matters Microbial #130: The Holobiont — Animals, Microbes, and Ecology @MicrobeTV
Matters Microbial #130: The Holobiont — Animals, Microbes, and Ecology  @MicrobeTV
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today Dr. Kevin Kohl, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how he and his colleagues study the interplay between animals, their resident gut microbes, and the overarching concept of the holobiont.

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