Hijacking the command center of the cell: Nuclear #parasites in deep-sea mussels https://phys.org/news/2024-09-hijacking-center-cell-nuclear-parasites.html #bacteria #microbes #animals
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Hijacking the command center of the cell: Nuclear #parasites in deep-sea mussels https://phys.org/news/2024-09-hijacking-center-cell-nuclear-parasites.html #bacteria #microbes #animals
An intranuclear bacterial parasite of #DeepSea mussels expresses apoptosis inhibitors acquired from its host https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01808-5
"A single bacterial cell penetrates into the #mussels' nucleus and then reproduces to over 80,000 cells, causing the nucleus to swell to 50 times its original size."
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Riley S. Faelanreplied to Lukas VF Novak last edited by
@animalculum Wow. A fascinating horror.
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