First impressions in a glowing host-microbe partnership.

Cell Host Microbe

Nicholas School of the Environment and Institute for Genome Science and Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.

Published: August 2013

Despite the clear significance of beneficial animal-microbe associations, mechanisms underlying their initiation and establishment are rarely understood. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Kremer et al. (2013) reveal that first contact within the squid-vibrio symbiosis triggers profound molecular and chemical changes that are crucial for bacterial colonization.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924854PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2013.07.015DOI Listing

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