Fig. 1: Mesocosm and common garden experiments.
From: Host and microbiome jointly contribute to environmental adaptation
A For the mesocosm experiment, a genetically diverse, initial C. elegans population (initial) and an initial microbiome (initial) were allowed to adapt to a laboratory compost environment. C. elegans populations (final) and microbial communities (final) from six mesocosms were isolated at day 100. B The initial compost of the mesocosm experiment consisted of compost soil and plant material (top). Worms from proliferating mesocosm populations were isolated from compost samples covered with a buffer (bottom). C In a common garden experiment, the initial C. elegans population and the initial microbiome were combined with the final nematode populations and the corresponding final microbial communities (from the same mesocosm line) in all possible four combinations in either a compost environment (as illustrated) or an agar plate (not shown). A, C Created with BioRender.com.
