Predicted Metabolic Function of the Gut Microbiota of Drosophila melanogaster
Nana Y. D. Ankrah, Brandon Barker, Joan Song, Cindy Wu, John G. McMullen, Angela E. Douglas
Abstract
Drosophila is an important model for microbiome research partly because of the low complexity of its mostly culturable gut microbiota. Our current understanding of how Drosophila interacts with its gut microbes and how these interactions influence host traits derives almost entirely from empirical studies that focus on individual microbial taxa or classes of metabolites.
Topics & Concepts
Drosophila melanogasterGut floraFunction (biology)BiologyGut microbiomeDrosophila (subgenus)Computational biologyGeneticsBiochemistryGeneGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsInsect Utilization and EffectsInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences