BacterioFiles 296 - Predator Permits Pathogen Penetration
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BacterioFiles
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audio
Categories Via RSS |
Life Sciences
Science
Publication Date |
Jun 05, 2017
Episode Duration |
00:09:55

This episode: Tiny crustaceans eat paramecia, allowing viruses to infect algae inside them!

Download Episode (9.1 MB, 9.9 minutes) Show notes: Follow-up to episode 259: mass-producing worm spit healing protein News item Journal Paper: DeLong JP, Al-Ameeli Z, Duncan G, Etten JLV, Dunigan DD. 2016. Predators catalyze an increase in chloroviruses by foraging on the symbiotic hosts of zoochlorellae. Proc Natl Acad Sci 113:13780–13784.

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