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Host-associated beneficial gut microbiota boosts induced immunity and limits immune deployment costs in bumblebees. [PDF]
J Anim EcolOur work demonstrates a key role for host‐associated microbiota in the realization of induced immune defense, and contributes more broadly to our understanding of microbiota‐immune interactions in the context of ecological immunology. Abstract Ecological immunology posits that variation in host resistance to infection may be attributed partly to the ...
Calhoun AC +4 more
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Early Virulence Predictors during the Candida Species–Galleria mellonella Interaction
Journal of Fungi, 2020 Fungal infections are a serious and increasing threat for human health, and one of the most frequent etiological agents for systemic mycoses is Candida spp.
Laura C. García-Carnero +6 more
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Myriapod haemocyanin: the first three-dimensional reconstruction of Scolopendra subspinipes and preliminary structural analysis of S. viridicornis [PDF]
Open Biology, 2020 Haemocyanins (Hcs) are copper-containing, respiratory proteins that occur in the haemolymph of many arthropod species. Here, we report the presence of Hcs in the chilopode Myriapoda, demonstrating that these proteins are more widespread among the ...
K. C. T. Riciluca +12 more
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A Polydnavirus Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Negatively Regulates the Host Phenoloxidase Pathway
Viruses, 2022 Polydnavirus (PDV) is a parasitic factor of endoparasitic wasps and contributes greatly to overcoming the immune response of parasitized hosts.
Hong-Shuai Gao +7 more
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Recent findings on phenoloxidases in bivalves [PDF]
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2017 The production of melanin is a complex process involving biochemical cascades, such as the pro-phenoloxidase (proPO) system, and enzymes, such as phenoloxidases (POs). Different studies have shown a strong correlation between the decrease in PO activities and the occurrence of diseases in bivalve invertebrates, leading to mortalities in the host ...
Luna-Acosta, A. +3 more
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Immune defense of Pieris brassicae larvae in challenged with Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, its symbiotic bacteria and metabolites [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2017 In this study, virulence of the culture broth of Photorhabdus temperata subsp. temperata and its aqueous and organic extracts were investigated for 3rd and 4th instars of Pieris brassicae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) larvae. Virulent efficacy was found in all
A Abdolmaleki +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Reef-building corals face a multitude of threats not only from global climate change but also local stressors such as nutrient pollution. Nutrient enrichment can amplify the negative effects of predation on corals by facilitating dysbiosis in the coral ...
Katherine E. Dougan +5 more
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Signature miRNAs involved in the innate immunity of invertebrates. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The innate immune system, including the cell-based immunity (mainly apoptosis and phagocytosis) and the humoral immunity (such as pro-phenoloxidase system), is the first defense line of animals against the infection of pathogens in a non-specific manner,
Geng Yang +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 We evaluated the impact of bacterial rhabduscin synthesis on bacterial virulence and phenoloxidase inhibition in a Spodoptera model. We first showed that the rhabduscin cluster of the entomopathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila was not necessary ...
Maria Eugenia Nuñez-Valdez +4 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020 Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient, but European forest ecosystems are experiencing widespread declines in soil P concentrations. To clarify the roles of ectomycorrhizal (EM) and saprotrophic (SAP) fungi in P cycling in forest soils that differ in ...
Karolin Müller +9 more
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