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Use of Galleria mellonella as a Model Organism to Study Legionella pneumophila Infection
Published on: November 22, 2013
Caenorhabditis elegans as an alternative model host for legionella pneumophila, and protective effects of
Tomomi Komura1, Chikako Yasui, Hiroshi Miyamoto
1Department of Interdisciplinary Studies for Advanced Aged Society, Osaka City University Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|April 27, 2010
Abstract:
The survival times of Caenorhabditis elegans worms infected with Legionella pneumophila from day 7.5 or later after hatching were shorter than those of uninfected worms. However, nematodes fed bifidobacteria prior to Legionella infection were resistant to Legionella. These nematodes may act as a unique alternative host for Legionella research.
