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Impact of the resident microbiota on the nutritional phenotype of Drosophila melanogaster.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Ridley Emma V, Wong Adam C-N, Westmiller Stephanie, Douglas Angela E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Animals are chronically infected by benign and beneficial microorganisms that generally promote animal health through their effects on the nutrition, immune function and other physiological systems of the host. Insight into the host-microbial interactions can be obtained by comparing the traits of animals experimentally deprived of their microbiota and untreated animals. Drosophila melanogaster is an...
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