Van Grinsven, Koen W.A.Van den Abbeele, JanVan den Bossche, PeterVan Hellemond, Jaap J.Tielens, Aloysius G.M.2010-06-252010-06-252009-08Van Grinsven, KWA, Van den Abbeele, J, Van den Bossche, P, Van Hellemond, JJ & Tielens, AGM 2009, 'Adaptations in the glucose metabolism of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei Isolates from tsetse flies and during differentiation of bloodstream forms', Eukaryotic cell, vol. vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 1307-1311. [http://ec.asm.org/]1535-977810.1128/EC.00091-09http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14336Procyclic forms of Trypanosoma brucei isolated from the midguts of infected tsetse flies, or freshly transformed from a strain that is close to field isolates, do not use a complete Krebs cycle. Furthermore, short stumpy bloodstream forms produce acetate and are apparently metabolically preadapted to adequate functioning in the tsetse fly.enAmerican Society for MicrobiologyAdaptationsGlucose metabolismTsetse-fliesTrypanosoma bruceiFlies as carriers of diseaseArticle