The Gut Commensal Microbiome of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Drosophila melanogaster</named-content> Is Modified by the Endosymbiont <italic toggle="yes">Wolbachia</italic>

The Gut Commensal Microbiome of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Drosophila melanogaster</named-content> Is Modified by the Endosymbiont <italic toggle="yes">Wolbachia</italic>

ABSTRACT Endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria and the gut microbiome have independently been shown to affect several aspects of insect biology, including reproduction, development, life span, stem cell activity, and resistance to human pathogens, in insect vectors. This work shows that Wolbachia bacteri...

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Main Authors: Rama K. Simhadri, Eva M. Fast, Rong Guo, Michaela J. Schultz, Natalie Vaisman, Luis Ortiz, Joanna Bybee, Barton E. Slatko, Horacio M. Frydman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Drosophila microbiome
gut microbiome
symbiosis
Wolbachia
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00287-17

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00287-17

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