Effect of multiple parasitic infections on the tolerance to pollutant contamination.

The horizontally-transmitted acanthocephalan parasite Polymorphus minutus and the vertically-transmitted microsporidian parasite Dictyocoela roeselum have both been shown to influence on the antitoxic responses of mono-infected Gammarus roeseli exposed to cadmium. The present study investigates the...

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Main Authors: Eric Gismondi, Thierry Rigaud, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Carole Cossu-Leguille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3406021?pdf=render