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Abstract
Drosophila flies can be infected by an obligate fungal intracellular parasite, Tubulinosema ratisbonensis, resulting in a swollen abdomen and often death. Within the fly, the parasite multiplies in the cytoplasm of adipocytes of the fat body, feeds on host lipid droplets, and has a specific requirement for dietary phosphatidic acid.Entities:
Keywords: host phosphatidic acid; intracellular parasitism; microsporidia–Drosophila interaction; nutrient salvage
Year: 2019 PMID: 30930263 PMCID: PMC6858981 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Parasitol ISSN: 1471-4922