Gut bacteria make key amino acids dispensable, expanding food options for invasive flies
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
Fruit flies fed antibiotics to supress their gut microbiome are forced to avoid the best food patches if they lack vital amino acids, according to a study by Boaz Yuval from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and Chang-Ying Nui from Huazhong Agricultural University in China, publishing January 16, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.