Microbial evolution and transitions along the parasite ... - Nature
网页2021年4月19日 · Parasitic and mutualistic microbial symbioses exist widely in nature. These interactions occur when microorganisms (that is, bacteria, fungi and viruses) take up residence in or on animals or...
Parasitism | Definition & Examples | Britannica
网页2024年8月16日 · Parasitism, relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other, sometimes without killing the host organism. Parasites may be characterized as ectoparasites, which live on the body surface of the host, or endoparasites, which live within a host’s body.
Principles of Parasitism - PMC - National Center for Biotechnology ...
网页2011年4月29日 · Microorganisms that infect humans are exogenous to the host and must colonize or penetrate epithelial barriers to gain access to the host.
How the gut parasitome affects human health - PMC - National …
网页2022年4月30日 · Human gut protozoa and helminths: from parasitism to therapy. The human body has a multitude of microorganisms, in a number of at least 10 14. The associated microbial communities are called microbiota and the …
Microbial evolution and transitions along the parasite–mutualist ...
网页2021年4月19日 · Parasitic and mutualistic microbial symbioses exist widely in nature. These interactions occur when microorganisms (that is, bacteria, fungi and viruses) take up residence in or on animals or plants, and cause damage or confer benefits to the host. Parasitic microorganisms (including pathogens) …
Parasite microbiome project: Grand challenges - PLOS
网页2019年10月10日 · The first Parasite Microbiome Project (PMP) Workshop (January 9–14, 2019, Clearwater, Florida, United States) hosted researchers from across continents and disciplines to lay the foundation of the PMP consortium.
Overview of Parasitic Infections - MSD Manuals
网页A parasite is an organism that lives on or inside another organism (the host) and benefits (for example, by getting nutrients) from the host at the host's expense. Although this definition actually applies to many microbes, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses, doctors use the term "parasites" to refer to.
The role of hyperparasitism in microbial pathogen ecology and …
网页2016年1月19日 · Parasitic microbes are the most probable source of hyperparasites as their small size allows them to use both microbial (Friedman and Crosson, 2012) and multicellular (Hillman and Suzuki, 2004)...
Parasite reliance on its host gut microbiota for nutrition and …
网页2022年8月8日 · Here, we studied the parasitic wasp Leptopilina boulardi (Lb) and its host Drosophila melanogaster. Results showed that Lb successfully develops in conventional hosts (CN) with a gut microbiota...
Parasite-bacteria interrelationship - PubMed
网页Parasites and bacteria have co-evolved with humankind, and they interact all the time in a myriad of ways. For example, some bacterial infections result from parasite-dwelling bacteria as in the case of Salmonella infection during schistosomiasis. Other bacteria synergize with parasites in the evolu ….