Preinfection Effects of Nectar Secondary Compounds on a Bumble Bee Gut Pathogen
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DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvz018
Abstract: Abstract Bumble bee pollinators can be exposed to pathogens when foraging on flowers previously visited by infected individuals. Infectious cells may be deposited in floral nectar, providing a site for pathogens to interact with nectar… read more here.
Keywords: citric acid; pathogen; gut pathogen; bumble bee ... See more keywords
Touchdown for gut pathogen virulence.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.355.6326.706-h
Abstract: Infection Escherichia coli is transformed from a commensal organism into a pathogen by acquisition of genetic elements called pathogenicity islands (PAIs). Katsowich et al. investigated how the PAI virulence genes of enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)… read more here.
Keywords: pathogen virulence; pathogen; gut pathogen; virulence ... See more keywords