A Large Collection of Novel Nematode-Infecting Microsporidia and Their Diverse Interactions with Caenorhabditis elegans and Other Related Nematodes.

Microsporidia are fungi-related intracellular pathogens that may infect virtually all animals, but are poorly understood. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has recently become a model host for studying microsporidia through the identification of its natural microsporidian pathogen Nematocida paris...

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Main Authors: Gaotian Zhang, Martin Sachse, Marie-Christine Prevost, Robert J Luallen, Emily R Troemel, Marie-Anne Félix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5179134?pdf=render