Daphnia magna, a host for evaluation of bacterial virulence.
- Le Coadic M Université de Genève, Centre Médical Universitaire, Département de Physiologie Cellulaire et Métabolisme, Genèva, Switzerland.
- Simon M
- Marchetti A
- Ebert D
- Cosson P
- 2011-11-15
Published in:
- Applied and environmental microbiology. - 2012
English
We show that Daphnia magna can be used to assess acute virulence of pathogens relevant to human health, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Photorhabdus asymbiotica. Analysis of bacterial mutants suggests that P. aeruginosa uses similar mechanisms to infect Daphnia and other hosts.
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- English
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- DOI 10.1128/AEM.06278-11
- PMID 22081563
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/220449
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