Colonization with heterologous bacteria reprograms a Caenorhabditis elegans nutritional phenotype
Q. Sun, N. M. Vega, B. Cervantes, C. Mancuso, N. Mao, M. N. Taylor, J. J. Collins, A. S. Khalil, J. Gore, T. K. Lu
This study shows that introducing cellulolytic bacteria into C. elegans allows the host to utilize cellulose as a carbon source, improving nutrition and larval yield.
bioRxiv · Mar 1, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology