A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Arizona has revealed that wormlike animals and amphibians can share beneficial microbes with each other. This research suggests that the transmission of microbes between species could help bolster the immune systems of the animals they encounter. Although this type of interspecies microbial transfer has been observed before, this study is the first to demonstrate that the beneficial microbes can be shared between two distantly related species. This could have important implications for the conservation of species and the health of animals in the wild.

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source: Phys.org