Roy Craig R
Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
Int J Med Microbiol. 2002 Feb;291(6-7):463-7. doi: 10.1078/1438-4221-00154.
Legionella pneumophila are gram negative bacteria that parasitize professional phagocytes. When ingested by their eukaryotic hosts, these bacteria have the unique ability to alter maturation of the endocytic vacuoles in which they reside initially and create an organelle that supports replication. This review will focus on several scientific breakthroughs made recently that shed light on the mechanisms by which L. pneumophila are able to establish a niche permissive for intracellular growth.
嗜肺军团菌是寄生于专职吞噬细胞的革兰氏阴性菌。当被其真核宿主摄取后,这些细菌具有独特的能力来改变它们最初所在的内吞泡的成熟过程,并形成一个支持复制的细胞器。本综述将聚焦于最近取得的几项科学突破,这些突破揭示了嗜肺军团菌能够建立有利于细胞内生长的生态位的机制。