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Nature Immunology 9, 1329–1330 (1 December 2008) | doi:10.1038/ni1208-1329

Nervous about immunity: neuronal signals control innate immune system

Cheng-Yuan Kao , Ferdinand C O Los & Raffi V Aroian

Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living soil nematode that feeds on live bacteria. Important pathogenic bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA14, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella enterica can infect and eventually kill C. elegans.