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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 languageAmerican English
JournalGenome Biology
Volume14
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 22 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CpcA
  • Genomic Island
  • Green Sulfur Bacterium
  • Heme Oxygenase
  • Purple Sulfur Bacterium

Disciplines

  • Bacteria
  • Genetics
  • Biology
  • Bioinformatics

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