Fruit flies farm their own probiotics

(Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia) A study published in the PLoS Biology offers a new tool to study bacteria-host interaction. A research team from the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (IGC) revealed how the bacterial community colonizes the fruit flies kept in the lab or in the wild, and which may be the impact of this colonization in nature. Understanding these mechanisms of colonization may allow microbiota manipulation in insects responsible for agriculture pests or diseases vectors.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 31, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news