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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American Society for Microbiology
2018-10-01
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01758-18 |