Discrimination of Gram-Positive versus Gram-Negative Bacteria by the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum
Ghazal Rashidi, Elizabeth A. Ostrowski
This study shows that Dictyostelium discoideum preferentially migrates toward Gram-negative bacteria over Gram-positive ones, mediated in part by cAMP sensing.
bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology