%0 Journal Article
%T Robbing Host Phosphatidic Acid to Survive: A Strategy of a Fly Parasite.
%A Coppens I
%J Trends Parasitol
%V 35
%N 5
%D 05 2019
%M 30930263
%F 10.528
%R 10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.006
%X Drosophila flies can be infected by an obligate fungal intracellular parasite, Tubulinosema ratisbonensis, resulting in a swollen abdomen and often death. Within the fly, the parasite multiplies in the cytoplasm of adipocytes of the fat body, feeds on host lipid droplets, and has a specific requirement for dietary phosphatidic acid.