BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIOSIS IN AMEBAS

被引:27
作者
JEON, KW
机构
[1] Dept of Zoology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
基金
美国国家卫生研究院; 美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/S0962-8924(00)88966-7
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The large, free-living amoebae are inherently phagocytic. They capture, ingest and digest microbes within their phagolysosomes, including those that survive in other cells. One exception is an unidentified strain of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that spontaneously infected the D strain of Amoeba proteus and came to survive inside them. These bacteria established a stable symbiotic relationship with amoebae that has resulted in phenotypic modulation of the host and mutual dependence for survival.
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页码:137 / 140
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