mSystems (Oct 2021)

Getting the Message Out: the Many Modes of Host-Symbiont Communication during Early-Stage Establishment of the Squid-Vibrio Partnership

  • Margaret McFall-Ngai,
  • Edward Ruby

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00867-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5

Abstract

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Symbiosis, by its basic nature, depends on partner interactions that are mediated by cues and signals. This kind of critical reciprocal communication shapes the trajectory of host-microbe associations from their onset through their maturation and is typically mediated by both biochemical and biomechanical influences.