共生:肠道细菌操纵宿主行为。
Symbiosis: Gut Bacteria Manipulate Host Behaviour.
机构信息
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. POB 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
出版信息
Curr Biol. 2017 Aug 7;27(15):R746-R747. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.050.
PMID:28787601
Abstract
Bacteria resident in the gut of Drosophila modify the fly's innate chemosensory responses to nutritional stimuli. In effect, the gut microbiome compels the host to forage on food patches that favour particular assemblages of bacteria.
摘要
肠道中定植的细菌会改变果蝇先天的化学感觉反应对营养刺激。实际上,肠道微生物组迫使宿主在有利于特定细菌组合的食物斑块上觅食。