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Vibrio fischeri
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Aliivibrio fischeri, often called Vibrio fischeri in older studies, is a type of bacteria that scientists use to understand how bacteria and their hosts interact. This bacterium is especially famous for its partnership with the Hawaiian bobtail squid, known as Euprymna scolopes.
Many processes that V. fischeri uses during its partnership are similar to those seen in interactions between pathogens and their hosts.
During the establishment of symbiosis, V. fischeri releases lipopolysaccharides, [peptid…
References (Sources)
- A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner
- A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner and persists within its natural host
- A mutualistic model bacterium is lethal to non-symbiotic hosts via the type VI secretion system
- Lighting the way: how the Vibrio fischeri model microbe reveals the complexity of Earth’s “simplest” life forms
- Microbial factor-mediated development in a host-bacterial mutualism