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Where Simplicity Meets Complexity: Hydra, a Model for Host–Microbe Interactions
For a long time, the main purpose of microbiology and immunology was to study pathogenic bacteria and infectious disease; the potential benefit of commensal bacteria remained unrecognised. Discovering that ind...
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Chapter
Hydra Go Bacterial
This chapter provides an overview of how the basal metazoan Hydra serves as model for untangling and dissecting the fundamental principles underlying complex host–microbe interactions.