Dead or alive: how the immune system detects microbial viability.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2018.09.018
Abstract: Immune detection of microbial viability is increasingly recognized as a potent driver of innate and adaptive immune responses. Here we describe recent mechanistic insights into the process of how the immune system discriminates between viable… read more here.
Keywords: immune; viability; dead alive; immune system ... See more keywords
Mindel C. Sheps: Counted, Dead or Alive
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DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001591
Abstract: In the 1958 paper"Shall we count the living or the dead", Canadian physician and biostatistician Mindel C. Sheps proposed a novel approach to choice of effect measure, which resolves key theoretical shortcomings of relative risk… read more here.
Keywords: sheps counted; toxicology; mindel; dead alive ... See more keywords
Dead or alive: microbial viability treatment reveals both active and inactive bacterial constituents in the fish gut microbiota
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DOI: 10.1111/jam.15113
Abstract: This study evaluated the microbial viability of fish gut microbiota in both digesta (faecal) and mucosal samples using a modified propidium monoazide (PMA) protocol, followed by 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing. read more here.
Keywords: fish gut; microbial viability; gut microbiota; dead alive ... See more keywords