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

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  • Zhenfeng Liu
  • Johannes Müller
  • Tao Li
  • Richard M. Alvey
  • Kajetan Vogl
  • Frigaard, Niels-Ulrik
  • Nathan C. Rockwell
  • Eric S. Boyd
  • Lynn P. Tomsho
  • Stephan C. Schuster
  • Petra Henke
  • Manfred Rohde
  • Jörg Overmann
  • Donald A. Bryant
'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 languageEnglish
Article numberR127
JournalGenome Biology (Online Edition)
Volume14
Issue number11
Number of pages16
ISSN1474-7596
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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