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| Title |
The Yeast Spore Wall Enables Spores to Survive Passage through the Digestive Tract of Drosophila
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0002873 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alison E. Coluccio, Rachael K. Rodriguez, Maurice J. Kernan, Aaron M. Neiman |
| Abstract |
In nature, yeasts are subject to predation by flies of the genus Drosophila. In response to nutritional starvation Saccharomyces cerevisiae differentiates into a dormant cell type, termed a spore, which is resistant to many types of environmental stress. The stress resistance of the spore is due primarily to a spore wall that is more elaborate than the vegetative cell wall. We report here that S. cerevisiae spores survive passage through the gut of Drosophila melanogaster. Constituents of the spore wall that distinguish it from the vegetative cell wall are necessary for this resistance. Ascospores of the distantly related yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe also display resistance to digestion by D. melanogaster. These results suggest that the primary function of the yeast ascospore is as a cell type specialized for dispersion by insect vectors. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Israel | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 167 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Canada | 4 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Egypt | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 153 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 20% |
| Researcher | 32 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 29 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 83 | 50% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 34 | 20% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 2% |
| Engineering | 3 | 2% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 8 | 5% |
| Unknown | 33 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 June 2023.
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#3,411,834
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#44,822
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#10,619
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#126
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