Taming the symbiont for coexistence: a host PGRP neutralizes a bacterial symbiont toxin
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...
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Published in | Environmental microbiology Vol. 12; no. 8; pp. 2190 - 2203 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.08.2010
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