Le Codiac, Marion and Simon, Marianne and Marchetti, Anna and Ebert, Dieter and Cosson, Pierre. (2012) Daphnia magna, a host to evaluate bacterial virulence. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78. pp. 593-595.
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Abstract
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.
| Faculties and Departments: | 05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Evolutionary Biology (Ebert) |
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| UniBasel Contributors: | Ebert, Dieter |
| Item Type: | Article, refereed |
| Article Subtype: | Research Article |
| Publisher: | American Society for Microbiology |
| ISSN: | 0099-2240 |
| e-ISSN: | 1098-5336 |
| Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2017 11:01 |
| Deposited On: | 12 Jan 2017 11:01 |
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