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Infections by Pasteuria do not protect its natural host Daphnia magna from subsequent infections

Duneau, David and Ebert, Dieter and Du Pasquier, Louis. (2016) Infections by Pasteuria do not protect its natural host Daphnia magna from subsequent infections. Developmental and comparative immunology, 57. pp. 120-125.

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Abstract

The existence of immunological memory in invertebrates remains a contentious topic. Exposure of Daphnia magna crustaceans to a noninfectious dose of the bacterium Pasteuria ramosa has been reported to reduce the chance of future infection upon exposure to higher doses. Using clonal hosts and parasites, we tested whether initial exposure of the host to the parasite (priming), followed by clearing of the parasite with antibiotic, protects the host from a second exposure (challenge). Our experiments included three treatments: priming and challenge with the same or with a different parasite clone, or no priming. Two independent experiments showed that both the likelihood of infection and the degree of parasite proliferation did not differ between treatments, supporting the conclusion that there is no immunological memory in this system. We discuss the possibility that previous discordant reports could result from immune or stress responses that did not fade following initial priming.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Evolutionary Biology (Ebert)
UniBasel Contributors:Ebert, Dieter and Du Pasquier, Louis and Duneau, David
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0145-305X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:04 Aug 2016 09:22
Deposited On:04 Aug 2016 09:22

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