The Soil Bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus Bath and its Interactions with Human Immune Cells in vitro

• Main Author: Indrelid, Stine
• Other Authors: Lea, Tor, Mathiesen, Geir, Kleiveland, Charlotte Ramstad
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2017
• Subjects: Microbe-host interactions; Environmental bacteria; Immune regulation; Dendritic cells; Immune regulatory bacteria; Immunobiotics; Mathematics and natural science: 400; Bak; Atlanterhavslaks; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2500633

Whereas a role for commensal microbes in the development and normal function of the immune system is well established, a potential role for environmental bacteria in regulating immunity has been widely disregarded. However, the fact that the human immune system has evolved in the presence of, and in...