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Kingdoms collide as bacteria and cells form captivating connections. Studying the pathogen R. parkeri, researchers discovered the first evidence of extensive and stable interkingdom contacts between a pathogen and a eukaryotic organelle.

MIT researchers characterize the first-ever evidence of extensive and stable inter-kingdom contacts between a pathogen and a eukaryotic organelle in R. parkeri, a less virulent strain of the pathogen that causes the sometimes-lethal tick-born illness Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

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