{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Robbing Host Phosphatidic Acid to Survive: A Strategy of a Fly Parasite.
{Author}: Coppens I;
{Journal}: Trends Parasitol
{Volume}: 35
{Issue}: 5
{Year}: 05 2019
{Factor}: 10.528
{DOI}: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.006
{Abstract}: 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.