'Flesh-eater' genome

Complete genome sequence of Clostridium perfringens, an anaerobic flesh-eater.

Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming bacterium that causes life-threatening gas gangrene and mild enterotoxaemia in humans, although it colonizes as normal intestinal flora of humans and animals. The organism is known to produce a variety of toxins and enzymes that are responsible for the severe myonecrotic lesions. Here we report the complete 3,031,430-bp sequence...

New Fungus Eater Experiments

Although there seems to be a high agreement among researchers that the concept of autonomous agents should also be applied in Psychology, especially in Emotion Psychology, most work did not exceed the theoretical level yet. One reason obviously is the lack of adequate tools for applying and exploring this concept. This paper describes, on the bases of an implemented software package, what such ...

Flesh Foods

Toxoplasma encephalitis in a raw steak eater.

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Eater: A Big Bite into Phagocytosis

The phagocytosis of invading microorganisms by specialized blood cells is a crucial element of innate immunity in both mammals and insects. In this issue of Cell, Kocks et al. (2005) demonstrate that Eater, a scavenger receptor, plays an important role in the recognition and phagocytosis of bacteria in the fruit fly Drosophila.