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Jane L. Yang

University of Southern California

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Commensal acidification of specific gut regions produces a protective priority effect against enteropathogenic bacterial infection

Jane L. Yang, Haolong Zhu, Puru Sadh, Kevin Aumiller, Zehra Tüzün Güvener, William Basil Ludington

This study shows that a wild-derived Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strain protects Drosophila from Serratia marcescens infection by acidifying specific gut regions, creating a priority effect.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Aug 13, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Chronic ethanol ingestion impairs Drosophila melanogaster health in a microbiome-dependent manner

James Angus Chandler, Lina Victoria Innocent, Isaac L. Huang, Jane L. Yang, Michael B. Eisen, William B. Ludington

This study shows chronic ethanol ingestion harms Drosophila health, with effects dependent on the presence of the gut microbiome.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology