Oxygen induces the expression of invasion and stress response genes in the anaerobic salmon parasite Spironucleus salmonicida

Oxygen induces the expression of invasion and stress response genes in the anaerobic salmon parasite Spironucleus salmonicida

Abstract Background Spironucleus salmonicida is an anaerobic parasite that can cause systemic infections in Atlantic salmon. Unlike other diplomonad parasites, such as the human pathogen Giardia intestinalis, Spironucleus species can infiltrate the blood stream of their hosts eventually colonizing o...

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Main Authors: Courtney W. Stairs, Anna Kokla, Ásgeir Ástvaldsson, Jon Jerlström-Hultqvist, Staffan Svärd, Thijs J. G. Ettema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Spironucleus
Diplomonads
Giardia
Oxygen stress
RNAseq
Anaerobiosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-019-0634-8

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