Why are no bacterial pathogens known to use a Bdellovibrio-type of mechanism to penetrate into eukaryotic cells?
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So, if the Bdellovibrio stays only in the periplasm, that's the answer, right? Eukaryotes, as far as we know, don't have periplasms. So, wouldn't the next question be, if eukaryotes were to develop periplasms, how long would it take for Bdellovibrio to mutate to infect Eukaryotes?
Autumn,
Clever answer, but is there no law that says that bacterial parasites MUST live in the periplasm? Bdellovibrio sure does but there are some that don't.
Elio
Posted by: Autumn Cochrane | June 27, 2008 at 10:32 AM