A Population Biology Perspective on the Stepwise Infection Process of the Bacterial Pathogen Pasteuria ramosa in Daphnia

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 265-310

  Ebert, Dieter ^a   Duneau, David ^a,b   Hall, Matthew D ^a,c   Luijckx, Pepijn ^a,d   Andras, Jason P ^a,e   Du Pasquier, Louis ^a   Ben Ami, Frida ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Daphnia magna; Host parasite interaction; Pasteuria ramosa; Steps of infection

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; DAPHNIA; EUKARYOTIC SPORE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION BIOLOGY; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PASTEURIA; PHYLOGENY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84949671016     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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