Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H4R2.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H4R2.
Trends Microbiol. 2020 Jun;28(6):428-430. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.02.017. Epub 2020 Mar 17.
Phagocytosis - cell ingestion - is an important process confined to eukaryotes. Or is it? Shiratori et al. have discovered the existence of phagocytosis in a planctomycete bacterium, raising new questions about the significance of phagotrophy beyond the realm of eukaryotic life.
吞噬作用——细胞摄取——是一种仅限于真核生物的重要过程。真的是这样吗?Shiratori 等人在一个黏细菌中发现了吞噬作用的存在,这引发了关于吞噬作用在真核生物领域之外的重要性的新问题。