Genomic analysis reveals key aspects of prokaryotic symbiosis in the phototrophic consortium “Chlorochromatium aggregatum”

Zhenfeng Liu; Johannes Müller; Tao Li; Richard M Alvey; Kajetan Vogl; Niels-Ulrik Frigaard; Nathan C Rockwell; Eric S Boyd; Lynn P Tomsho; Stephan C Schuster; Petra Henke; Manfred Rohde; Jörg Overmann; Donald A Bryant

doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-11-r127

Genomic analysis reveals key aspects of prokaryotic symbiosis in the phototrophic consortium “Chlorochromatium aggregatum”

Zhenfeng Liu, Johannes Müller, Tao Li, Richard M Alvey, Kajetan Vogl, Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Nathan C Rockwell, Eric S Boyd, Lynn P Tomsho, Stephan C Schuster, Petra Henke, Manfred Rohde, Jörg Overmann, Donald A Bryant

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Abstract

‘ Chlorochromatium aggregatum ’ is a phototrophic consortium, a symbiosis that may represent the highest degree of mutual interdependence between two unrelated bacteria not associated with a eukaryotic host. ‘ Chlorochromatium aggregatum ’ is a motile, barrel-shaped aggregate formed from a single cell of ‘ Candidatus Symbiobacter mobilis”, a polarly flagellated, non-pigmented, heterotrophic bacterium, which is surrounded by approximately 15 epibiont cells of Chlorobium chlorochromatii, a non-motile photolithoautotrophic green sulfur bacterium.

Original language	American English
Journal	Genome Biology
Volume	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2013-14-11-r127
State	Published - Nov 22 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CpcA
Genomic Island
Green Sulfur Bacterium
Heme Oxygenase
Purple Sulfur Bacterium

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Bacteria
Genetics
Biology
Bioinformatics

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Liu, Z., Müller, J., Li, T., Alvey, R. M., Vogl, K., Frigaard, N.-U., Rockwell, N. C., Boyd, E. S., Tomsho, L. P., Schuster, S. C., Henke, P., Rohde, M., Overmann, J., & Bryant, D. A. (2013). Genomic analysis reveals key aspects of prokaryotic symbiosis in the phototrophic consortium “Chlorochromatium aggregatum”. Genome Biology, 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2013-14-11-r127

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Genomic analysis reveals key aspects of prokaryotic symbiosis in the phototrophic consortium “Chlorochromatium aggregatum”

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