Viola Pavoncello

This study shows that mosquito larvae rely on gut microbiota for energy production, nitrogen excretion, and sterol metabolism, with bacterial vitamins and fatty acid degradation playing critical roles in larval development.

This paper shows that 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (FadH) is essential for E. coli to degrade unsaturated fatty acids in complex mixtures and that eukaryotic DECR enzymes can functionally replace FadH.