Symbiosis: Gut Bacteria Manipulate Host Behaviour

Boaz Yuval

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.050

Symbiosis: Gut Bacteria Manipulate Host Behaviour

Curr Biol. 2017 Aug 7;27(15):R746-R747. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.050.

Author

Boaz Yuval¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. POB 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel. Electronic address: boaz.yuval@mail.huji.ac.il.

PMID: 28787601
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.050

Abstract

Bacteria resident in the gut of Drosophila modify the fly's innate chemosensory responses to nutritional stimuli. In effect, the gut microbiome compels the host to forage on food patches that favour particular assemblages of bacteria.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Bacteria
Drosophila / microbiology
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Smell
Symbiosis