MicrobiologybioRxiv
Dinoflagellate symbionts escape vomocytosis by host cell immune suppression
M. R. Jacobovitz, S. Rupp, P. A. Voss…·A. Guse
The paper identifies host immune suppression as a mechanism allowing dinoflagellate symbionts to avoid elimination by coral hosts through non-lytic expulsion rather than intracellular digestion.
DOI 10.1038/s41564-021-00897-w