title: Bacterial discrimination: Dictyostelium's discerning taste.
abstract: New research indicates that the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum recognizes distinctions between Gram(-) and Gram(+) bacterial prey and responds discriminately to these two groups of bacteria. These findings may lend insight to the origins of microbial pattern recognition in innate immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA. MSnyder@towson.edu
authors.forename: Michelle L D
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000502:physiology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000502:physiology*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000502:physiology*