Bacterial discrimination: Dictyostelium's discerning taste

Michelle L D Snyder

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.021

Bacterial discrimination: Dictyostelium's discerning taste

Curr Biol. 2013 May 20;23(10):R443-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.021.

Author

Michelle L D Snyder¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA. MSnyder@towson.edu

PMID: 23701686
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.021

Abstract

New research indicates that the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum recognizes distinctions between Gram(-) and Gram(+) bacterial prey and responds discriminately to these two groups of bacteria. These findings may lend insight to the origins of microbial pattern recognition in innate immunity.

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MeSH terms

Dictyostelium / physiology*
Gram-Negative Bacteria / physiology*
Gram-Positive Bacteria / physiology*