{"title":"Is it time to assign <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i> as a keystone species in the <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> microbiota?","authors":"John M Chaston","doi":"10.1128/aem.01491-25","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent work by Yang et al. published in <i>Applied and Environmental Microbiology</i> (91:e00707-25, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00707-25) offers fresh insights into the important roles played by <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i> within the microbial community of the fruit fly <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>. This commentary summarizes their findings in the context of earlier studies, highlighting the unique and influential position of <i>L. plantarum</i> in shaping the biology and microbial dynamics of <i>D. melanogaster</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":8002,"journal":{"name":"Applied and Environmental Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"e0149125"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied and Environmental Microbiology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01491-25","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Recent work by Yang et al. published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (91:e00707-25, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00707-25) offers fresh insights into the important roles played by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum within the microbial community of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. This commentary summarizes their findings in the context of earlier studies, highlighting the unique and influential position of L. plantarum in shaping the biology and microbial dynamics of D. melanogaster.
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Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM) publishes papers that make significant contributions to (a) applied microbiology, including biotechnology, protein engineering, bioremediation, and food microbiology, (b) microbial ecology, including environmental, organismic, and genomic microbiology, and (c) interdisciplinary microbiology, including invertebrate microbiology, plant microbiology, aquatic microbiology, and geomicrobiology.