Saccharomyces cerevisiae Induces Immune Enhancing and Shapes Gut Microbiota in Social Wasps

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 10; p. 2320
• Main Authors: Meriggi, Niccolò, Di Paola, Monica, Vitali, Francesco, Rivero, Damariz, Cappa, Federico, Turillazzi, Francesco, Gori, Agnese, Dapporto, Leonardo, Beani, Laura, Turillazzi, Stefano, Cavalieri, Duccio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 15.10.2019
• Subjects: gut microbiota; immune training; innate immunity; Microbiology; Polistes dominula; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Trained immunity is the enhanced response of the innate immune system to a secondary infection after an initial encounter with a microorganism. This non-specific response to reinfection is a primitive form of adaptation that has been shown to be conserved from plants to mammals. Insects lack an acqu...