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Symbiosis and pathogenesis: evolution of the microbe-host interaction.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Jan 2000
Steinert M, Hentschel U, Hacker J
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Symbiotic and pathogenic bacteria have in common that they live in or on host organisms or host cells. To make a successful living in eukaryotic hosts, bacteria must possess the traits to recognize a given host and establish adherence. When the bacterial location is internal or intracellular, they must further have the ability to invade, to establish a niche, and finally to multiply within a host. The underlying...
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