A symbiotic physical niche in Drosophila melanogaster regulates stable association of a multi-species gut microbiota

A symbiotic physical niche in Drosophila melanogaster regulates stable association of a multi-species gut microbiota

Animal gut microbiomes are fairly stable over time despite large daily fluctuations in diet and introductions of environmental bacteria. Here the authors report that fruit flies maintain the stability of their microbiome in part through a physical niche in the esophagus.

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Main Authors: Ren Dodge, Eric W. Jones, Haolong Zhu, Benjamin Obadia, Daniel J. Martinez, Chenhui Wang, Andrés Aranda-Díaz, Kevin Aumiller, Zhexian Liu, Marco Voltolini, Eoin L. Brodie, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Jean M. Carlson, David A. Sivak, Allan C. Spradling, William B. Ludington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36942-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36942-x

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