Nosema bombycis: A remarkable unicellular parasite infecting insects.

Autor: Huang Q; State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Control, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Hu W; State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Control, Southwest University, Chongqing, China., Meng X; State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Control, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Chen J; State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Control, Southwest University, Chongqing, China., Pan G; State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Control, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology [J Eukaryot Microbiol] 2024 Sep-Oct; Vol. 71 (5), pp. e13045. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 02.
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.13045
Abstrakt: Microsporidia are opportunistic fungal-like pathogens that cause microsporidiosis, which results in significant economic losses and threatens public health. Infection of domesticated silkworms by the microsporidium Nosema bombycis causes pébrine disease, for which this species of microsporidia has received much attention. Research has been conducted extensively on this microsporidium over the past few decades to better understand its infection, transmission, host-parasite interaction, and detection. Several tools exist to study this species including the complete genome sequence of N. bombycis. In addition to the understanding of N. bombycis being important for the silkworm industry, this species has become a model organism for studying microsporidia. Research on biology of N. bombycis will contribute to the development of knowledge regarding microsporidia and potential antimicrosporidia drugs. Furthermore, this will provide insight into the molecular evolution and functioning of other fungal pathogens.
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