Marko Rubinić

A pore-forming toxin monalysin contributes to infection-induced suppression of defecation in female Drosophila.

Pathogen expulsion from the gut via defecation is an important defence strategy against infection. The microbial factors that can subvert this defence reaction remain poorly understood. While many microbes have been found to increase host intestinal peristalsis, Pseudomonas entomophila infection in Drosophila melanogas...