Inside help from the microbiome

Sneha Agrawal; Nichole A Broderick

doi:10.7554/eLife.88873

Inside help from the microbiome

Elife. 2023 Jun 5:12:e88873. doi: 10.7554/eLife.88873.

Authors

Sneha Agrawal¹, Nichole A Broderick¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States.

Abstract

Elucidating the role of one of the proteins produced by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum reveals a new molecule that allows this gut bacterium to support the development of fruit fly larvae.

Keywords: D. melanogaster; Lactiplantibacillus plantarum; cell wall; growth; infectious disease; microbiology; microbiome; symbiosis.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Animals
Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster* / microbiology
Fruit
Larva / microbiology
Microbiota*
Symbiosis

Grants and funding

T32 GM141804/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States