Taming the symbiont for coexistence: a host PGRP neutralizes a bacterial symbiont toxin

• Published in: Environmental microbiology Vol. 12; no. 8; pp. 2190 - 2203
• Main Authors: Troll, Joshua V., Bent, Eric H., Pacquette, Nicholas, Wier, Andrew M., Goldman, William E., Silverman, Neal, McFall-Ngai, Margaret J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2010
• Subjects: Aliivibrio fischeri - growth & development; Amidohydrolases - metabolism; Animals; Bacterial Toxins - antagonists & inhibitors; Carrier Proteins - metabolism; Cytotoxins - antagonists & inhibitors; Decapodiformes - metabolism; Decapodiformes - microbiology; Epithelium - metabolism; Euprymna scolopes; Morphogenesis; Mucus - chemistry; Symbiosis; Vibrio fischeri

Summary In horizontally transmitted mutualisms between marine animals and their bacterial partners, the host environment promotes the initial colonization by specific symbionts that it harvests from the surrounding bacterioplankton. Subsequently, the host must develop long‐term tolerance to immunoge...