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Infection and Immunity, August 2002, p. 4705-4707, Vol. 70, No. 8
0019-9567/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.8.4705-4707.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Diverse Bacteria Are Pathogens of Caenorhabditis elegans

Carole Couillault and Jonathan J. Ewbank*

Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, INSERM/CNRS/Université de la Mediterranée, Case 906, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France

Received 10 January 2002/ Returned for modification 4 March 2002/ Accepted 9 May 2002

Practically and ethically attractive as model systems, invertebrate organisms are increasingly recognized as relevant for the study of bacterial pathogenesis. We show here that the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is susceptible to a surprisingly broad range of bacteria and may constitute a useful model for the study of both pathogens and symbionts.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, INSERM/CNRS/Université de la Mediterranée, Case 906, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France. Phone: (33) 491 269 472. Fax: (33) 491 269 430. E-mail: ewbank{at}ciml.univ-mrs.fr.

Editor: B. B. Finlay

Infection and Immunity, August 2002, p. 4705-4707, Vol. 70, No. 8
0019-9567/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.8.4705-4707.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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