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Frequent Replenishment Sustains the Beneficial Microbiome of Drosophila melanogaster

We report that establishment and maintenance of the Drosophila melanogaster microbiome depend on ingestion of bacteria. Frequent transfer of flies to sterile food prevented establishment of the microbiome in newly emerged flies and reduced the predominant members, Acetobacter and Lactobacillus spp.,...

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Autores principales: Blum, Jessamina E., Fischer, Caleb N., Miles, Jessica, Handelsman, Jo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24194543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00860-13