From pathogen to a commensal: modification of the Microbacterium nematophilum–Caenorhabditis elegans interaction during chronic infection by the absence of host insulin signalling
The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans depends on microbes in decaying vegetation as its food source. To survive in an environment rich in opportunistic pathogens, C. elegans has evolved an epithelial defence system where surface-exposed tissues such as epidermis, pharynx, intestine, vulva and hin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Biology Open |
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| Online Access: | http://bio.biologists.org/content/9/10/bio053504 |