Entry and Killing of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Tetrahymena thermophila</named-content> by Bacterially Produced Shiga Toxin
ABSTRACT Phage-encoded Shiga toxin (Stx) acts as a bacterial defense against the eukaryotic predator Tetrahymena thermophila. It is unknown how Stx enters Tetrahymena protozoa or how it kills them. Tetrahymena protozoa are phagocytotic; hence, Stx could gain entry to the cytoplasm through the oral a...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2013-03-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00416-12 |