Drosophila melanogaster as a model host for the Burkholderia cepacia complex.

Josée Castonguay-Vanier (1) , Ludovic Vial (1) , Julien Tremblay (1) , Eric Déziel (1)

1 INRS - Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique [Québec]

We conclude that Drosophila is a useful alternative infection model for Bcc and that fly pricking assays and competition indices are two complementary methods for virulence testing. Moreover, CI results indicate that this method is more sensitive than mortality tests.

Domaines: Bactériologie

Josée Castonguay-Vanier, Ludovic Vial, Julien Tremblay, Eric Déziel. Drosophila melanogaster as a model host for the Burkholderia cepacia complex.. PLoS ONE, 2010, 5 (7), pp.e11467. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0011467⟩. ⟨pasteur-00547901⟩