tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post3621708710343152396..comments2024-03-27T19:39:11.723-04:00Comments on Parasite of the Day: Caenorhabditis briggsae (KT0001)Susan Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-87810703020911520012011-10-07T10:57:18.187-04:002011-10-07T10:57:18.187-04:00I was not able to obtain reprint copies of those c...I was not able to obtain reprint copies of those correspondences - do you know where I might be able to get them?Tommy Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421993204602775597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-11052682382253039682011-10-07T09:28:36.224-04:002011-10-07T09:28:36.224-04:00I was very surprised about the statements in the p...I was very surprised about the statements in the paper. And I fully agree to the answer given by Rae and Sommer:<br /><br />J Exp Biol. 2011 Mar 15;214(Pt 6):1053; author reply 1053-4.<br />Bugs don't make worms kill.<br />Rae R, Sommer RJ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-17576390547594188042011-08-25T20:53:30.835-04:002011-08-25T20:53:30.835-04:00It seems the bacteria are able to avoid digestion....It seems the bacteria are able to avoid digestion. Many pathogens have ways of avoiding digestion by their host and often the tools used by pathogens share commonality with those used by mutualists. Some mutualists might have evolve from pathogenic ancestors which have been "tamed" over the course of evolution by their hosts.Tommy Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421993204602775597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-5645333281007254912011-08-25T09:37:22.491-04:002011-08-25T09:37:22.491-04:00Do the Caenorhaabditiae encyst their commensals or...Do the Caenorhaabditiae encyst their commensals or do the bacteria avoid digestion somehowJenhttp://sites.google.com/site/jenengjen/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-79794418458194855322011-08-22T20:21:41.242-04:002011-08-22T20:21:41.242-04:00That would be quite cool. Well apparently other sp...That would be quite cool. Well apparently other species of entomopathogenic can turn their victim bright red to ward off peckish predators:<br />http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/12/17/parasitic-worms-paint-warning-colours-on-their-hosts-using-glowing-bacteria/<br />But those worms kill their host with a different species of bacteria.Tommy Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421993204602775597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-89558370533972136602011-08-22T09:08:01.452-04:002011-08-22T09:08:01.452-04:00it would be even neater if the serratia turned the...it would be even neater if the serratia turned them redJohn Charamburahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977136782741822051noreply@blogger.com