Amoebae and Mammals Deliver Protein-Rich Atkins Diet Meals to Legionella Cells

摘要

Key to survival of any organism is its harnessing of nutrients. For intracellular bacterial pathogens, gaining access to sufficient nutrients poses a particular challenge. The host sequesters some necessary nutrients while others are present in insufficient quantities. Although microbial acquisition of such nutrients and in vivo bacterial metabolism are fundamental to pathogen-host interactions, our understanding of these processes is limited.