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Oral Bacterial Infection and Shedding in Drosophila melanogaster
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Oral Bacterial Infection and Shedding in Drosophila melanogaster

Oral Bacterial Infection and Shedding in Drosophila melanogaster

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May 31, 2018

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10.3791/57676-v

DOI:
10.3791/57676-v

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09:32 min
May 31, 2018

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1Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences,University of Edinburgh, 2IGDR – CNRS UMR 6290, 3Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution,University of Edinburgh

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This protocol describes methods to orally expose and infect the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster with bacterial pathogens, and to measure the number of infectious bacteria shed following gut infection. We further describe the effect of immune mutants on fly survival following oral bacterial infection.

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Siva-Jothy, J. A., Prakash, A., Vasanthakrishnan, R. B., Monteith, K. M., Vale, P. F. Oral Bacterial Infection and Shedding in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Vis. Exp. (135), e57676, doi:10.3791/57676 (2018).

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