Bacterial contact induces polar plug disintegration to mediate whipworm egg hatching.

Bacterial contact induces polar plug disintegration to mediate whipworm egg hatching.

The bacterial microbiota promotes the life cycle of the intestine-dwelling whipworm Trichuris by mediating hatching of parasite eggs ingested by the mammalian host. Despite the enormous disease burden associated with Trichuris colonization, the mechanisms underlying this transkingdom interaction hav...

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Main Authors: Amicha Robertson, Joseph Sall, Mericien Venzon, Janet J Olivas, Xuhui Zheng, Michael Cammer, Noelle Antao, Chunyi Zhou, Joseph C Devlin, Rafaela Saes Thur, Jeffrey Bethony, Peter Nejsum, Bo Shopsin, Victor J Torres, Feng-Xia Liang, Ken Cadwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1011647&type=printable

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