Daphnia magna, a Host for Evaluation of Bacterial Virulence
Open Access
- 15 January 2012
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 78 (2), 593-595
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.06278-11
Abstract
We show that Daphnia magna can be used to assess acute virulence of pathogens relevant to human health, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Photorhabdus asymbiotica . Analysis of bacterial mutants suggests that P. aeruginosa uses similar mechanisms to infect Daphnia and other hosts.Keywords
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