title: New Allometric Scaling Laws Revealed for Microorganisms.
abstract: Allometric scaling relationships based on microbial data sets are revealing novel biological principles; for example, the abundance and diversity of animal-associated microbes scale with individual animal mass. The global abundance of animal-associated microbes and biosphere species richness have also been estimated. The potential for further microbe-inclusive macroecological insights is high.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, USA. Electronic address: Thomas.Kieft@nmt.edu.
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Kieft
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D064307:Microbiota
keywords: Allometry; Animal-microbe symbioses