Using the Protozoan <em>Paramecium caudatum</em> as a Vehicle for Food-borne Infections in Zebrafish Larvae

Erika Flores; Laurel Thompson; Natalie Sirisaengtaksin; Anh Trinh Nguyen; Abigail Ballard; Anne-Marie Krachler

doi:10.3791/58949

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Using the Protozoan Paramecium caudatum as a Vehicle for Food-borne Infections in Zebrafish Larvae

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Using the Protozoan Paramecium caudatum as a Vehicle for Food-borne Infections in Zebrafish Larvae

Using the Protozoan Paramecium caudatum as a Vehicle for Food-borne Infections in Zebrafish Larvae

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Erika Flores¹, Laurel Thompson¹, Natalie Sirisaengtaksin¹, Anh Trinh Nguyen¹, Abigail Ballard¹, Anne-Marie Krachler¹

¹McGovern Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics,University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Summary

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are becoming a widely-used vertebrate animal model for microbial colonization and pathogenesis. This protocol describes the use of the protozoan Paramecium caudatum as a vehicle for food-borne infection in zebrafish larvae. P. caudatum readily internalizes bacteria and get taken up by larval zebrafish through natural preying behavior.

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