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Prokaryote-eukaryote interactions identified by using Caenorhabditis elegans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Sept 2008
Peleg Anton Y, Tampakakis Emmanouil, Fuchs Beth Burgwyn, Eliopoulos George M, Moellering Robert C, Mylonakis Eleftherios
Abstract excerpt
Prokaryote-eukaryote interactions are ubiquitous and have important medical and environmental significance. Despite this, a paucity of data exists on the mechanisms and pathogenic consequences of bacterial-fungal encounters within a living host. We used the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a substitute host to study the interactions between two ecologically related and clinically troublesome pathogens, the...
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