Publication Date:
2001-02-24
Description:
Microbiologists often focus on one organism and its relationship to its host at one point in time. But viewed in light of evolution, host-parasite relationships range from deadly to helpful, depending on the communication between them. At a meeting here last month of virologists, bacteriologists, parasitologists, and molecular biologists--each dealing with different microorganisms in distinct ways--researchers lamented that evolution is often considered outside the bailiwick of microbiologists, particularly those studying infectious diseases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pennisi, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Nov 24;290(5496):1491-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11185502" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Bacteria/genetics/*pathogenicity
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Bacterial Infections/microbiology
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*Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
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*Biological Evolution
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Escherichia coli/genetics/pathogenicity/physiology
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*Host-Parasite Interactions
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Humans
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Leishmania/pathogenicity/*physiology
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Leishmaniasis/parasitology
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Mutation
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Rhizobium/physiology
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*Symbiosis
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Virulence
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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