Strong responses of Drosophila melanogaster microbiota to developmental temperature.

ABSTRACT: Physiological responses to changes in environmental conditions such as temperature may partly arise from the resident microbial community that integrates a wide range of bio-physiological aspects of the host. In the present study, we assessed the effect of developmental temperature on the thermal tolerance and microbial community of Drosophila melanogaster. We also developed a bacterial transplantation protocol in order to examine the possibility of reshaping the host bacterial composition and assessed its influence on the thermotolerance phenotype. We found that the temperature during development affected thermal tolerance and the microbial composition of male D. melanogaster. Flies that developed at low temperature (13°C) were the most cold resistant and showed the highest abundance of W

SUBMITTER: Moghadam NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5927714 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature