Tag Archives: dictyostelium

New Paper: Multiple genetic routes toward predation-resistance in Pseudomonas lead to similar symbiont-like behavior with Dicty!

Posted on October 27, 2023 by cjsph

Check out the latest paper from the lab. Lead by postodoctoral researcher Margaret Steele, various wild isolates of Pseudomonas were found to escape predation by Dictyostelium discoideum, with no one universal resistance mechanism across strains. What’s more is that these … Continue reading →

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New paper: Paraburkholderia aren’t fussy about who they infect.

Posted on August 18, 2023 by cjsph

Undergraduate alumni Rory Mather leads the latest paper from the lab in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Mather et al. infected seven different species of Dictyostelium with the three species of Paraburkholderia known to symbiotically associate with D. discoideum, and … Continue reading →