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Volume 47 Issue 6, June 2018

Host-microbe interactions in the fly

The microbiome has an important role to play in health and a number of diseases, and animal models are essential in teasing apart those links. Enter the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, an emerging invertebrate alternative for microbiome research.

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Image: Fly: rob_lan/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Bacteria: Sciepro/Science Photo Library/Getty. Cover design: Erin Dewalt

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