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Metabolic Manipulators: How Parasitic Archaea Transform Their Hosts From the Inside Out


Microbiologists from NIOZ have discovered that certain parasitic microbes, specifically a group known as DPANN archaea, not only feed on their hosts but also change the host's metabolism and biology. Their study reveals that these archaea selectively consume certain lipids from their hosts, potentia

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