Experimental Listeria-Tetrahymena-Amoeba food chain functioning depends on bacterial virulence traits.
Valentina I PushkarevaJulia I PodlipaevaAndrew V GoodkovSvetlana A ErmolaevaPublished in: BMC ecology (2019)
Our results support the idea of protozoa as a means of pathogen delivery to consumers of a higher order and demonstrated a dual role of protozoa as both a "Trojan horse" and "Troy."