Dietary Utilization Drives the Differentiation of Gut Bacterial Communities between Specialist and Generalist Drosophilid Flies.

ABSTRACT: Gut bacteria play vital roles in the dietary detoxification, digestion, and nutrient supplementation of hosts during dietary specialization. The roles of gut bacteria in the host can be unveiled by comparing communities of specialist and generalist bacterial species. However, these species usually have a long evolutionary history, making it difficult to determine whether bacterial community differentiation is due to host dietary adaptation or phylogenetic divergence. In this regard, we investigated the bacterial communities from two Araceae-feeding Colocasiomyia species and further performed a meta-analysis by incorporating the published data from Drosophila bacterial community studies. The compositional and functional differentiation of bacterial communities was uncovered by

SUBMITTER: Chen JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9431182 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature