Consumption of dietary sugar by gut bacteria determines Drosophila lipid content.
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SUBMITTER: Huang JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4614424 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
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Consumption of dietary sugar by gut bacteria determines Drosophila lipid content.
Huang Jia-Hsin JH Douglas Angela E AE
Biology letters 20150901 9
Gut microorganisms are essential for the nutritional health of many animals, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. This study investigated how lipid accumulation by adult Drosophila melanogaster is reduced in flies associated with the bacterium Acetobacter tropicalis which displays oral-faecal cycling between the gut and food. We demonstrate that the lower lipid content of A. tropicalis-colonized flies relative to bacteria-free flies is linked with a parallel bacterial-mediated re ...[more]
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