Endosymbiotic bacteria associated with nematodes, ticks and amoebae
| Autor: | Gilbert Greub, Didier Raoult, Mark J. Taylor, Oleg Mediannikov |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
amoebae Nematoda Microorganism Ticks/physiology Immunology Biodiversity Parasitism Biology Bacterial Physiological Phenomena Microbiology Ticks Wolbachia/isolation & purification Symbiosis Animals Immunology and Allergy tick symbiont Amoeba Organism Wolbachia/physiology Endosymbiosis Ecology Amoeba/microbiology General Medicine biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition Amoeba/physiology Nematoda/microbiology Nematoda/physiology Ticks/microbiology biology.organism_classification rickettsia Infectious Diseases Nematode endosymbiotic bacteria nematodes Wolbachia |
| Zdroj: | FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 21-31 |
| Popis: | Endosymbiosis is a mutualistic, parasitic or commensal symbiosis in which one symbiont is living within the body of another organism. Such symbiotic relationship with free-living amoebae and arthropods has been reported with a large biodiversity of microorganisms, encompassing various bacterial clades and to a lesser extent some fungi and viruses. By contrast, current knowledge on symbionts of nematodes is still mainly restricted to Wolbachia and its interaction with filarial worms that lead to increased pathogenicity of the infected nematode. In this review article, we aim to highlight the main characteristics of symbionts in term of their ecology, host cell interactions, parasitism and co-evolution, in order to stimulate future research in a field that remains largely unexplored despite the availability of modern tools. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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