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CELL HOST & MICROBE
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 388-390Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.09.012
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Although Lactobacilli are generally considered probiotic agents in metazoans, the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Erkosar et al. (2015) reveal that a Drosophila gut commensal, Lactobacillus plantarum(WJL), promotes animal growth by enhancing the host's capacity for protein degradation.
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