The importance of environmental microbes for Drosophila melanogaster during seasonal macronutrient variability

Abstract Experiments manipulating the nutritional environment and the associated microbiome of animals have demonstrated their importance for key fitness components. However, there is little information on how macronutrient composition and bacterial communities in natural food sources vary across se...

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Main Authors: Lucy Rebecca Davies, Volker Loeschcke, Mads F. Schou, Andreas Schramm, Torsten N. Kristensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98119-0