Unlocking the microbiome

Elife. 2023 Oct 11:12:e92482. doi: 10.7554/eLife.92482.

Abstract

Individual species of bacteria and yeast present in the food of wild fruit flies work together to provide the nutrients needed for larval growth.

Keywords: D. melanogaster; bacteria; developmental biology; fruit flies; infectious disease; microbiology; microbiome; yeast.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drosophila
  • Drosophila melanogaster*
  • Microbiota*
  • Nutrients