Life in an unusual intracellular niche: a bacterial symbiont infecting the nucleus of amoebae

Amoebae serve as hosts for various intracellular bacteria, including human pathogens. These microbes are able to overcome amoebal defense mechanisms and successfully establish a niche for replication, which is usually the cytoplasm. Here, we report on the discovery of a bacterial symbiont that is lo...

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Autores principales: Schulz, Frederik, Lagkouvardos, Ilias, Wascher, Florian, Aistleitner, Karin, Kostanjšek, Rok, Horn, Matthias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4817620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24500618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.5