Organisms evolve in response to their natural environment. Consideration of natural
ecological parameters are thus of key importance for our understanding of an organism's …

Since the discovery of antimicrobial peptide responses 40 years ago, the fruit fly Drosophila
melanogaster has proven to be a powerful model for the study of innate immunity. Early work …

Insect guts present distinctive environments for microbial colonization, and bacteria in the
gut potentially provide many beneficial services to their hosts. Insects display a wide range …

Field studies indicate adult mosquitoes (C ulicidae) host low diversity communities of
bacteria that vary greatly among individuals and species. In contrast, it remains unclear how …

Drosophila melanogaster is emerging as an important model of non-pathogenic host–
microbe interactions. The genetic and experimental tractability of Drosophila has led to …

To elucidate mechanisms underlying the complex relationships between a host and its
microbiota, we used the genetically tractable model Drosophila melanogaster. Consistent …

Intestinal homeostasis is achieved, in part, by the integration of a complex set of
mechanisms that eliminate pathogens and tolerate the indigenous microbiota. Drosophila …

There is growing interest in using Drosophila melanogaster to elucidate mechanisms that
underlie the complex relationships between a host and its microbiota. In addition to the …

There is growing evidence that intestinal bacteria are important beneficial partners of their
metazoan hosts. Recent observations suggest a strong link between commensal bacteria …

Surveys of 16S rDNA sequences from the honey bee, Apis mellifera, have revealed the
presence of eight distinctive bacterial phylotypes in intestinal tracts of adult worker bees …