A gut commensal niche regulates stable association of a multispecies microbiota
R. Dodge, E. W. Jones, H. Zhu, B. Obadia, D. J. Martinez, C. Wang, A. Aranda-Diaz, K. Aumiller, Z. Liu, M. Voltolini, E. L. Brodie, K. C. Huang, J. M. Carlson, D. A. Sivak, A. C. Spradling, W. B. Ludington
The study identifies a strain-specific bacterial niche in the Drosophila foregut that stabilizes microbiota composition through spatial and competitive interactions.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2021Microbiology