Dictyostelium discoideum as a novel host system to study the interaction between phagocytes and yeasts

The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is a well-established model organism to study the interaction between bacteria and phagocytes. In contrast, research using D. discoideum as a host model for fungi is rare. We describe a comprehensive study, which uses D. discoideum as a host model system to...

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Main Authors: Barbara Koller, Christin Schramm, Susann Siebert, János Triebel, Eric Deland, Anna Maria Pfefferkorn, Volker Rickerts, Sascha Thewes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01665/full