New technique could open the door to microbiome engineering (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

New technique could open the door to microbiome engineering

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Lactobacillus, a beneficial bacterial species (red), has genes that enable it to attach to a specific region of the fruit fly gastrointestinal tract (blue/cyan).

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Image is courtesy of Ren Dodge/Carnegie Science.

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