Nature Knows 04 - Bdelloid Rotifers
U Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon
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For millions of years,
microscopic animals ‘rotifers'
have been ‘picking up' DNA
from their surroundings.
A freshwater rotifer,
named bdelloid rotifer
‘steal' genes from bacteria
and other microbes.
When the rotifer is challenged
with a fungal pathogen,
some of these genes produce
antibiotics and anti microbial agents
These genes undergo evolution
in the rotifer and are equipped
to produce very effective
antimicrobials seen nowhere else.
Maybe rotifers provide answers
for man's hunt for new drugs
to treat newer infections
caused by bacteria and fungi.
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