The microbial composition of larval airways from Drosophila melanogaster differ between specimens from laboratory and natural habitats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster lives in natural habitats and has also long been used as a model organism in biological research. In this study, we used a molecular barcoding approach to analyse the airways microbiome of larvae of D. melanogaster, which were obtained from eggs of flies of the laboratory strain w¹¹¹⁸ and from immune deficient flies (NF-kB-K), and from wild-caught flies. To assess intergenerational transmission of microbes, all eggs were incubated under the same semi-sterile conditions.

Results

The airway microbiome of larvae from both lab-strains was dominated by the two families Acetobacteraceae and Lactobacillaceae, while larvae from wild-caught flies were dominated by Lactobacillaceae, Anaplasmataceae and Leuconostocaceae. Barco

SUBMITTER: Angstmann H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10303296 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature