Wolbachia confers sex-specific resistance and tolerance to enteric but not systemic bacterial infection in Drosophila
Radhakrishnan B. Vasanthakrishnan, Gupta Vanika, Jonathon Siva-Jothy, Katy M. Monteith, Sam P. Brown, Pedro F. Vale
This study shows that Wolbachia in Drosophila provides sex-specific resistance and tolerance to enteric but not systemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection through antimicrobial and repair gene expression.
bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2016 · PreprintMicrobiology