Very nice study from Henshaw et al shows that #marine heterotrophic bacteria can sense and move towards cyanobacteria when the latter are infected with #viruses.
Presumably the signatures of early infection are a sign that nutrients from a lysed cell will be available soon.
This is a nice study that has implications for understanding the role of viruses in the #ocean.
Article here:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01843-2
And we wrote a commentary here:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01867-8
Metabolites from intact phage-infected Synechococcus chemotactically attract heterotrophic marine bacteria - Nature Microbiology
The authors use time-resolved metabolomics and microfluidics to characterize enhanced heterotroph chemoattraction to metabolites released from cyanobacteria during early stages of phage infection.Nature
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in reply to Frank Aylward • • •With co pathogenesis acting as guitar player and drummer, might something similar be in play with Influenza and secondary infections?
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“If grippe condemns, the secondary infections execute”
1.Cruveilhier L. Action du sérum antipneumococcique au cours de la pneumonie et dans les complications de la grippe. Annales de l’Institut Pasteur. 1919;33:448–61.
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2599911/#R1
Predominant Role of Bacterial Pneumonia as a Cause of Death in Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness - PMC
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