The antimicrobial defense of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. How diversity may compensate for scarcity in the regulation of resident/pathogenic microflora

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Schmitt, Paulina ^a,b,c   Rosa, Rafael Diego ^a,b   Duperthuy, Marylise ^a,b,d   de Lorgeril, Julien ^a,b   Bachère, Evelyne ^a,b   Destoumieux Garzón, Delphine ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Host pathogen interaction; Innate immunity; Invertebrate; Mode of action; Molecular diversity; Mollusk; Selective pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876097497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00160     Document Type: Review

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