Bee Parasites: Don’t Lose Your Flagellum

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 2019 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Current Biology, volume 29, pages R1077-R1079 (issn: 0960-9822,

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Authors: Schmid-Hempel P;

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.034

pmid: 31639351

Bee Parasites: Don’t Lose Your Flagellum

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Abstract

Bees can protect themselves from infection by accumulating specific nectars in the honey crop. A new study shows that as parasites pass through the crop, their flagellum is thereby removed, which prevents host infection.

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ETH Zurich
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Institute of Integrative Biology
Switzerland

Keywords

Plant Nectar, Flagella, Animals, Parasites, Bees

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