@DarrenObbard

"Approximately a quarter of eukaryotes are infected with the bacterium Wolbachia." !!!!!

"we show that Wolbachia infection supports fly development and buffers against nutritional stress. Wolbachia infection across several fly genotypes and a range of nutrient conditions resulted in reduced pupal mortality, increased adult emergence, and larger size."

Lindsey et al. 2023 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.20.524972v1

Wow. #Drosophila #Wolbachia