Beating Them with Their Own Stick-Tick Uses Amidase of Bacterial Origin as Part of Its Immune Arsenal.

Beating Them with Their Own Stick-Tick Uses Amidase of Bacterial Origin as Part of Its Immune Arsenal.
Cell Host Microbe. 2021 Jan 13;29(1):1-3
Authors: Mikaelyan A
Abstract
As vectors of microbial diseases in vertebrates, ticks are excellent at regulating bacterial proliferation in and around them. In a recent issue of Cell, Hayes et al. (2020) reveal acarid toxins of bacterial origin that help eliminate microbes that are pathogenic to black-legged ticks but commensal to their vertebrate hosts.
PMID: 33444551 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cell Host and Microbe - January 13, 2021 Category: Microbiology Authors: Mikaelyan A Tags: Cell Host Microbe Source Type: research