Metabolite exchange within the microbiome produces compounds that influence Drosophila behavior
Caleb N Fischer, Eric P Trautman, Jason M Crawford, Eric V Stabb, Nichole A Broderick, Jo Handelsman
The paper shows that Drosophila prefers a microbial co-culture over individual microbes due to metabolites produced through microbial interactions, mediated by the olfactory receptor Or42b.
bioRxiv · Jul 27, 2016Ecology