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Puru Sadh

Johns Hopkins UniversityORCID 0009-0004-4291-860XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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

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MicrobiologyApplied and Environmental MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedAug 13, 2025

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

Jane L. Yang, Haolong Zhu, Puru Sadh…·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.

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