Contradictory Results in Microbiome Science Exemplified by Recent Drosophila Research

The bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum is prevalent in animal guts and is widely regarded as beneficial and probiotic. D. Fast et al. (mBio 9:e01114-18, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01114-18) make the surprising discovery that L. plantarum reduces the life span of Drosophila melanogaster and li...

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Main Author: Angela E. Douglas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-10-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01758-18