Environmental temperature is a strong driver of subspecies competition in the Drosophila microbiome
Bosco Gracia-Alvira, Stefanie Migotti, Xiaomeng Tian, Viola Nolte, Christian Schlötterer
The paper shows that environmental temperature drives competition among subspecies of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in Drosophila microbiomes, revealing functional differentiation at the subspecies level.
eLife · Sep 18, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology