Nematodes as model organisms (IMAGE)

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Nematodes as model organisms

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Nematodes (roundworms) served as model organisms to test the protective effect of the enzyme BurK in living systems. Animals survived better when the bacterial toxin was first neutralized by BurK.

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Jonas Fiedler. Leibniz-HKI

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