View Full Version : [Research News] Hawaiian Bobtail Squid and Bacterial Toxins
Press release from Science today. This details how the bacterial toxin tracheal cytotoxin found in the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid governs organ development, yet in humans causes gonorrhea and whooping cough. This has importance in the field of antibiotic research.
News article:
http://www.news.wisc.edu/10405.html
Full press release:
http://www.news.wisc.edu/releases/10405.html
joel_ang
Nov 12, '04, 10:00am
Gonorrhea :shock: !?
Maybe you should be more careful around those seploids OM...
WhiteKiboko
Nov 12, '04, 3:09pm
Maybe this explains the Iraqi interest in cephs...
anyone remember this?
http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=152
Octomush
Nov 12, '04, 9:05pm
Yikes! :shock:
Fujisawas Sake
Nov 12, '04, 11:23pm
VERY interesting... I especially like the emphasis on bacterial symbiosis. Makes me wonder how many other bioluminescent species have to find their own crop of bacteria.
Does anyone know if this is the case of the firefly squid or Taningia?
Another interesting thought comes to mind: Toxins are amazing things. I keep thinkning back to the use of neurotoxins in Architeuthis as a neurotransmitter assistant.
Sushi and Sake,
John
Fujisawas Sake
Nov 15, '04, 2:25am
So wait, this chemical (the aforementioned cytotoxin), actually regulates the development of certain organs? That is gnarly.
Interesting thoughts on endosymbionts here; we're talking that the relationship between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is pretty widespread. Say, what kind of gut fauna exist in cephs?