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SUBMITTER: Weiss BL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2567497 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weiss Brian L BL Wu Yineng Y Schwank Jonathon J JJ Tolwinski Nicholas S NS Aksoy Serap S
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080924 39
Beneficial bacterial symbioses are ubiquitous in nature. However, the functional and molecular basis of host tolerance to resident symbiotic microbes, in contrast to resistance to closely related bacteria that are recognized as foreign, remain largely unknown. We used the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans), which depends on symbiotic flora for fecundity and has limited exposure to foreign microbes, to investigate the tolerance phenomenon exhibited during symbiosis. We examined the potential role of ...[more]